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Protecting the Past: Give a Hoot, Don't Loot

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Students discuss the looting and vandalism of various archeological sites. In pairs, they read and complete a worksheet and review their answers as a class. In groups, they role play a artifact preservation skit and perform it to their class. They write a paragraph on the importance of historic preservation to end the lesson.

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4th - 7th
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Social Studies & History
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