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Protecting the Past: Give a Hoot, Don't Loot! Lesson PlanProtecting the Past: Give a Hoot, Don't Loot! Lesson Plan
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Protecting the Past: Give a Hoot, Don't Loot!

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Students, in small groups, simulate an ancient civilization and the art they created, another group represents vandals, and the final group represents archaeologists who try to figure out what life was like for the "ancient peoples". After the simulation is complete, they come together as a class and discuss the impact vandalism and looting have on our world's historical artifacts.

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vandalism, archaeology

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archaeology, human history, looting, preservation, vandalism, social studies
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4th - 9th
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Social Studies & History
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