Subject: Social StudiesUnit: Ancient Civilizations Date: October 10, 2001Lesson: Archeological Dig J

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Subject Social Studies Unit Ancient
CivilizationsDate October 10, 2001 Lesson
Archeological DigJill Weaver, Lori Elliott,
Jennifer Case

• General Goal
• Introduce children to pre-historic
• people. The purpose of this lesson
• is to provide students with
• experience in analyzing artifacts
• and relics and constructing a
• hypothetical scenario describing a
• pre-historic culture.

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What is archaeology?

• The science of how we learn about the past by
  studying artifacts.

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What is an Artifact?

• An artifact is any object
• that was made by or
• altered by humans for
• some purpose or task.

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Concept List

• Archeology
• Artifacts
• Petroglyphs
• Pre-historic Culture
• Relics

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Specific Objectives

• Given a simulated archeological dig, students
  will demonstrate their ability to work in
  cooperative groups to achieve specified goals.
• Given a thirty minute time-period, students will
  correctly identify items found at the
  archeological dig on a student worksheet using
  their class notes.
• Given time during the dig and ten minutes after
  the dig, students will collectively discuss their
  findings within the group and report these
  finding together to the class.

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Objectives continued...

• Given a bag containing the items found at the dig
  site and some art supplies, students will draw a
  picture depicting a settlement represented by the
  items.
• Given a multiple choice, T/F, and short essay
  exam on information presented in class or at the
  dig site, students will correctly answer the exam
  with 85 accuracy.

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ActivitiesWant to have some fun?

• Concept Pre-assessment Give students a
  definitions matching quiz.
• A-V Materials 10-minute PBS movie American
  Scrapbook
• Simulations archeological dig

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So you say you want more?

• Readings Text reading, Origin stories
• Student projects drawing/petroglyph, worksheet,
  group/class presentations

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MaterialsHere is what we will need

• Pre-assessment matching quiz.
• PBS movie American Scrapbook
• Worksheet, artifacts, and pencil
• Text
• Brown Paper, chalk, charcoal, and fixitive for
  each student
• Final quiz
• Power point presentation with informal class quiz

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Evaluations

• Pre-assessment matching quiz
• Observation group work
• Student worksheet
• Group Presentation
• Drawing/Depiction of Petroglyph
• Final Test

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Websites

• http//museums.ncl.ac.uk/flint/foodquiz.html
• Could you survive as a hunter gatherer? Would
  you eat this?

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Lets go on an electronic field trip

• http//www.crowcanyon.org/electronicfieldtrip

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How about a game?

• http//www.home.earthlink.net/susankae/sunwatch.h
  tm
• Would you like to visit the sunwatch village?

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Go ahead, ask me anything!

• http//dig.archaeology.org/drdig/native/7.html

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Rock Art

• http//aztec.asu.edu/aznha/palatki/palatki.html
• Lets look at a field guide of rock art symbols

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Now for the fun stuff!No really, how about a
short quiz?Dont stress, this will be a group
effort!
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Which of the following is not a definition for
the word dig?

• A. The excavation of an archaeological site
• B. Making a critical remark to someone
• C. A persons house or apartment
• D. A drawing of an archaeological site

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The answer is

• D. A drawing of an archaeological site

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Thomas Jefferson was never

• A. The third president of the United States
• B. An archaeologist
• C. An English General
• D. The author of the Declaration of Independence

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The answer is

• C. An English General

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In archaeology a site filled with garbage is
called a _______.

• A. Dump
• B. Coprolite
• C. Midden
• D. Landfill

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The answer is

• C. Midden

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What is a sieve?

• A. A tool archaeologists use to dig for
  artifacts
• B. A tool archaeologists use to clean artifacts
• C. A tool archaeologists use to separate and
  find small artifacts in large amounts of sand or
  gravel
• D. A tool used to repair broken artifacts

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The answer is

• C. A tool archaeologists use to separate and find
  small artifacts in large amounts of sand or
  gravel

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Most ancient pottery found by archaeologists was
made of?

• A. Silver or gold
• B. Glass
• C. Clay and straw
• D. Plastic

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The answer is...

• C. Clay and straw

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Good Job!

• The End

Just kidding!