Shelter Database

In Investigating a Shotgun House students discover the past through evidence from a mid-20th century archaeological site at Davis Bottom, a multiracial, urban, working-class neighborhood in Lexington, Kentucky! In this investigation, students will use geography, history, and archaeology to learn about a Kentucky shotgun house and the people who lived in it.

Examine historic photographs, primary documents, artifacts, and maps of a Shotgun House shelter. Students meet Kenny Demus and the Laffoon sisters – Cissy and Mary – who grew up in rented shotgun houses, by reading their biographies. Then they “uncover” a real archaeological site, classify artifacts, study the contents of a privy, and infer how Lexington’s urban geography influenced the neighborhood and its future.

Explore the history of Lexington’s working class, the meaning of neighborhood, and the definition of family. Engage students in a debate on a current civic dilemma involving archaeology and preservation, and the stereotypes we hold about the working poor.

• Includes texts about neighborhood history, using primary documents, investigating and interpreting privy deposits, and seeking justice for those displaced by urban development
• Supports Common Core State Standards
• Incorporates authentic data for students to analyze

The password is the first word on page 79 of the Project Archaeology: Investigating Shelter curriculum guide.

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Investigating a Neolithic Dwelling at Jarmo incorporates authentic archaeological and historical research paired with maps and artifacts to teach students about the people who lived during the Neolithic Revolution.

Discover the past through evidence from an archaeological site in Iraq! In this investigation students will use geography, history, and archaeology to learn about a Neolithic dwelling and the lives of people in ancient Mesopotamia. Examine primary sources, artifacts, and maps of the Jarmo site to understand the Neolithic Revolution. Students “uncover” a real archaeological site, classify artifacts, and infer how the geographic area of the Middle East shaped the dwellings. Explore the use of traditional mudbrick architecture today with Professor Salma Samar Damluji, an Iraqi architect. Engage students in a debate on a current civic dilemma involving archaeology and preservation.

Instructions for the Teacher:
The teacher’s document is 32 pages, consisting of background information and four sections corresponding with the student archaeology notebook. It includes a brief history of Jarmo. Quadrant maps of the light station site are provided for students to study how the dwelling was used by people who lived there.

Student Archaeology Notebook:
The student notebook is 32 pages of informational texts and data collection sheets about the Neolithic Revolution and a dwelling at Jarmo. Professor Salma Samar Damluji, an Iraqi architect informs students how ancient techniques are used today in modern architecture. To understand the lives of the people of Jarmo students investigate the objects they used, the plants and animals they cultivated and domesticated, and the landscape they inhabited. The students will learn how an archaeological site is interpreted, why it is important today, and how to preserve it for future generations to enjoy. The investigation contains all of the data sources and analytical tools the students will need to investigate a Neolithic Dwelling from the historical, archaeological, and cultural perspectives.

The password is the first word on page 79 of the Project Archaeology: Investigating Shelter curriculum guide.

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Investigating a Light Station incorporates authentic archaeological and historical research paired with oral histories to teach students about the use and importance of the station to lighthouse keepers and their families.

Instructions for the Teacher:
The teacher’s document is 50 pages, consisting of background information and four sections corresponding with the student archaeology notebook. It includes a brief history of the light station and a timeline activity for the St. Augustine Light Station. Quadrant maps of the light station site are provided for students to study how the grounds were used by people who lived there.

Student Archaeology Notebook:
The student notebook is 36 pages of informational texts and data collection sheets about the St. Augustine Light Station. Mrs. Wilma Daniels, a descendant of a lighthouse keeper, guides students through the investigation. Through geography, archaeology, historic photographs, and oral histories students learn how a site is interpreted, why it is important today, and how to preserve sites for future generations to enjoy.

The password is the first word on page 79 of the Project Archaeology: Investigating Shelter curriculum guide.

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Investigating the Puzzle House Pueblo incorporates authentic archaeological and historical research paired with oral histories to teach students about the use and importance of the Pueblo in the past and present lives of Hopi people.

Instructions for the Teacher:
The teacher’s document is 40 pages, consisting of background information and four sections corresponding with the student archaeology notebook. It includes a brief history of the Ancestral Puebloan people, including details about their livelihood, traditions, and Pueblo home. Quadrant maps from a pueblo archaeological site in southwest Colorado located in the Canyon of the Ancients National Monument are provided for students to study and use.

Student Archaeology Notebook:
The student notebook is 38 pages of informational texts and data collection sheets about the Puzzle House pueblo. Deloria Dallas, a member of the Hopi tribe, guides students through the investigation. Through geography, archaeology, dendrochronology, historic photographs, and oral histories students learn how a site is interpreted, why it is important to today’s communities, and how to preserve sites for future generations to enjoy.

The password is the first word on page 79 of the Project Archaeology: Investigating Shelter curriculum guide.

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Investigating a North Slope Ivrulik teaches students about a sod-covered, half-underground house found in northern Alaska and the Iñupiaq people who lived in them, through archaeological and historical inquiry. In this investigation students will study the semi-subterranean sod house used by the Iñupiat (northern Eskimos) of the North Slope of Alaska. The investigation is comprehensive and uses the most authentic data sources available. It is organized into four instructional parts and an assessment which can be separated and taught over several days.

• Part One introduces Mr. George Leavitt and gives the students background information on the geographic location of the Ivrulik site they will be studying.
• Part Two focuses on the history of the Ivrulik using historic photographs and information about Iñupiaq dwellings based on the information from Mr. George Leavitt and archaeologists.
• In Part Three the students work with artifacts and quadrant maps of the Ivrulik site to make inferences about how the Ivrulik was used by the Iñupiaq people.
• Part Four connects the past to the present. Students learn the importance of preserving archaeological sites and how traditional ivrulik architecture influences modern buildings that Iñupiat use today.
• In the Assessment students write an expository composition describing what they learned in the investigation and draw a modern day shelter incorporating three ideas from the Iñupiaq beliefs or way of life.

Instructions for the Teacher:
The teacher’s document is 29 pages, consisting of background information, and four sections corresponding to the student notebook. It includes archaeologists’ interpretations of the Ivrulik site and details about the artifacts found. Quadrant maps and artifact cards from the archaeological site are provided for the students to study and use.

Student Archaeology Notebook:
The student notebook is 39 pages of data collection sheets about a North Slope Ivrulik. It contains all of the data sources and analytical tools the students will need to investigate an ivrulik from historical, archaeological, and cultural perspectives. Mr. George Leavitt, an Iñupiat elder, guides students through the investigation. Through archaeology students analyze historic photographs, discover artifacts left behind, make a toggle harpoon, and infer how the geography of the North Slope of Alaska shaped the ivrulik.

The password is the first word on page 79 of the Project Archaeology: Investigating Shelter curriculum guide.

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In this investigation students will study the wickiup, a type of shelter used by the Meskwaki and other Native American people living throughout the upper Midwest and western Great Lakes region at the time of European contact. The word wickiup comes from the Algonquian word wi kiy bi or wi·kiya·pi meaning lodge or house. The lesson will introduce the circular, domed, pole-and-mat-or bark-covered winter home of the Meskwaki called the A-ba-ge-ka-ni (ah bah GWAY KAH nee).

Instructions for the Teacher: 
The teacher’s document is 35 pages, consisting of background information and four sections corresponding to the student notebook. It includes archaeologists’ interpretations of the Midwestern Wickiup site and details about the artifacts found. Quadrant maps from the archaeological site are provided for students to study and use.

Student Archaeology Notebook:
The student notebook is 39 pages of articles and activities about the Midwestern Wickiup and is divided into four parts: geography, history, archaeology, and today. Mr. Johnathan Buffalo, a member of the Meskwaki, guides students through the investigation. Through archaeology students discover artifacts left behind and how artifacts assist archaeologists in understanding the lifeways of the site’s residents. Students learn about the importance of archaeological sites such as the Midwestern Wickiup today.

The password is the first word on page 79 of the Project Archaeology: Investigating Shelter curriculum guide.

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Investigating a Tabby Slave Cabin teaches students about a cabin at Kingsley Plantation in northeastern Florida used by enslaved people in the early 1800s and about the descendants of the people who lived there, through authentic archaeological and historical inquiry. To understand the history of the United States of America it is important to understand the period of time when slavery existed. Slavery was filled with incidents of brutality, punctuated here and there by moments when individuals reached across the barriers of race, gender and class to be decent to each other. Kingsley Plantation offers the opportunity to encounter this doubled-faced reality in the complex lives of Anta Majigeen Ndiaye (Anna Kingsley) and Zephaniah Kingsley.

Instructions for the Teacher:
The teacher’s document is 41 pages, consisting of background information and four sections corresponding to the student notebook. It includes archaeologists’ interpretations of the Tabby Slave Cabin site and details about the artifacts found. Quadrant maps from the archaeological site of the Tabby Slave Cabin are provided for students to study and use.

Student Archaeology Notebook:
The student notebook is 30 pages of articles and activities about the Tabby Slave Cabin. Mrs. Deborah Bartley-Wallace, a descendant of enslaved people who lived at Kingsley Plantation, guides students through the investigation. Through archaeology students discover artifacts left behind and how artifacts assist archaeologists in understanding the lifeways of the site’s residents and tracing their African ancestry.

The password is the first word on page 79 of the Project Archaeology: Investigating Shelter curriculum guide.

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Investigating an Archaic Basin House teaches students about Archaic basin houses and the people who used them approximately 5,000 years ago in Colorado, through authentic archaeological and historical inquiry.

Instructions for the Teacher:
The teacher’s document is 30 pages, consisting of background information and four sections corresponding to the student notebook. It includes archaeologists’ interpretations of the Basin House site and details about the artifacts found. Quadrant maps from the archaeological site of the Blue Knife Site’s basin house are provided for students to study and use.

Student Archaeology Notebook:
The student notebook is 31 pages of articles and activities about the Blue Knife Site’s basin house. Mr. Clifford Duncan, a Ute Elder, guides students through the investigation. Through archaeology students discover artifacts left behind and how pollen analysis assists in the interpretation of artifacts and the lifeways of the sites residents.

The password is the first word on page 79 of the Project Archaeology: Investigating Shelter curriculum guide.

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Investigating a Tsimshian Northwest Coast Plank House teaches students about the rich history and significance of a Tsimshian Plank House through oral histories, historic photographs, and archaeological research.

Instructions for the Teacher:
The teacher’s document is 29 pages, consisting of background information and four sections corresponding with the student notebook. It includes details about the environment on Alaska’s northwest coast and the shelter used by the Tsimshian and Tlingit communities. Quadrant maps from the archaeological site of a Tsimshian Plank House are provided for students.

Student Archaeology Notebook:
The student notebook is 27 pages of articles and activities about a Tsimshian Plank House site. Mr. Wayne Ryan, a Tsimshian Elder guides students through the investigation. Through archaeology students discover artifacts left behind and how the interpretations of archaeological sites can be meaningful for descendant communities and visitors.

The password is the first word on page 79 of the Project Archaeology: Investigating Shelter curriculum guide.

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Investigating a Great Basin Wickiup teaches students about the use of wickiups and the people who used them approximately 1,400 years ago in Oregon, through authentic archaeological and historical inquiry.

Instructions for the Teacher:
The teacher’s document is 35 pages, consisting of background information and four sections corresponding with the student notebook. It includes a brief history of the use of wickiups throughout the Great Basin and about the people who used them. Quadrant maps from the archaeological site of a wickiup at the Dirty Shame Rock Shelter are provided for students.

Student Archaeology Notebook:
The student notebook is 32 pages of articles and activities about a wickiup at the Dirty Same Rock Shelter site. Ms. Minerva Soucie, a Northern Paiute whose ancestors lived in wickiups, guides students through the investigation. Through archaeology, students discover artifacts left behind and how experimental archaeology assists in interpreting site and how artifacts may have been used.

The password is the first word on page 79 of the Project Archaeology: Investigating Shelter curriculum guide.

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