Investigating Shelter

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    INVESTIGATING ‘OLAS KII PITHOUSE

    $59.95

    Discover the past through evidence from an archaeological site in Arizona!

    In this investigation students will use geography, history, oral history, and archaeology to learn about an ‘olas kii pithouse and the Tohono O’odham who lived in it. Examine historic photographs, primary source documents, artifacts, and maps of an ‘olas kii pithouse shelter. Students meet Mr. Samuel Fayuant, a Tohono O’odham person, through reading his biography and oral histories. Students then “uncover” a real archaeological site, classify artifacts, and infer how the geographic area of central and southern Arizona shaped the ‘olas kii pithouse.

  • INVESTIGATING A COLONIAL EARTHFAST

    INVESTIGATING A COLONIAL EARTHFAST

    $59.95

    Discover the past through evidence from and archaeological site in Maryland! 
    In this investigation, students will use geography, history, and archaeology to learn about an earthfast house and the colonist who lived in it. Examine illustrations, artifacts, and maps of the colonial earthfast house located at the King’s Reach Site in coastal Maryland. Students meet Mike Smolek, an archaeologist and museum director, as well as histories, oral histories, maps and photographs. Then they “uncover” a real archaeological site, classify artifacts, and infer how the geographic area of Maryland shaped the earthfast house. Explore the use of a colonial earthfast house and the cultural correlations today.

    • Includes text by different archaeologists
    • Supports Common Core State Standards
    • Incorporates authentic data for students to analyze
  • INVESTIGATING A FREMONT PITHOUSE

    INVESTIGATING A FREMONT PITHOUSE

    $59.95

    Discover the past through archaeological evidence from a site in Utah!
    In this investigation, students will use geography, history, and archaeology to learn about a pithouse and the Fremont people who lived in them. Examine illustrations, artifacts, and maps of the Fremont Pithouse located in central Utah. Students meet Rick and Rena. Pikyavit, Southern. Paiute tribal members, through reading a biography and oral histories. Then they “uncover” a real archaeological site, classify artifacts, and infer how the geographic area of Utah shaped the pithouse.  Explore the use of a pithouse and the cultural correlations today.

    • Includes text by and about Southern Paiute tribal members
    • Supports Common Core State Standards
    • Incorporates authentic data for students to analyze
  • INVESTIGATING A POPLAR FOREST SLAVE CABIN

    INVESTIGATING A POPLAR FOREST SLAVE CABIN

    $59.95

    Discover the past through archaeological evidence from a historic site in Virginia!
    In this investigation, students will use geography, history, and archaeology to learn about a slave cabin and the families who lived in it. Examine illustrations, artifacts, and maps of a slave cabin located at Poplar Forest, one of Thomas Jefferson’s plantations in Virginia. Students meet Gregory Jefferson, whose ancestors live and were enslaved at Poplar Forest, by reading a biography. Then they analyze historic records, “uncover” a real archaeological site, classify artifacts, and infer how the geographic area of Virginia shaped the slave cabin.

    Explore the use of a slave cabin and the cultural correlations today.

    • Includes text by archaeologists and African American descendants
    • Supports Common Core State Standards
    • Incorporates authentic data for students to analyze
  • INVESTIGATING A ROCK SHELTER

    INVESTIGATING A ROCK SHELTER

    $59.95

    Discover the past through evidence from an archaeological site in Colorado!

    In this investigation, students will use geography, history, and archaeology to learn about rock shelters and the Ute people who lived in them.
    Examine illustrations, artifacts, and maps of the Red Army Rock Shelter located in northwestern Colorado. Students meet Clifford Duncan, a Ute tribal Elder, by reading a biography and oral histories. Then they “uncover” a real archaeological site, classify artifacts, and infer how the geographic area of northwestern Colorado shaped the rock shelter.

    Explore the use of a rock shelter and the cultural correlations today.

    • Includes text by and about White River Band of the Northern Ute tribal members
    • Supports Common Core State Standards
    • Incorporates authentic data for students to analyze
  • INVESTIGATING A WINTU ROUNDHOUSE

    INVESTIGATING A WINTU ROUNDHOUSE

    $59.95

    Discover the past through archaeological and historical study of a site in California!
    Investigating a Wintu Roundhouse incorporates authentic archaeological and historical research to teach students about the use and importance of the Wintu Roundhouse in the past and present lives of Wintu people.  In this investigation, students will use geography, history, and archaeology to learn about roundhouses in northern California and the Wintu people who used them.  Examine illustrations, artifacts, and maps of a Wintu roundhouse located in Redding, California. Students meet Ted Dawson, a Nor-El Muk Wintu ethnobotanist and educator, by reading a biography. Then they analyze historic records, “uncover” a real archaeological site, classify artifacts, and infer how the geographic area of northern California shaped the roundhouse. Explore the use of a roundhouse and the cultural correlations today.

    • Includes text by and about Wintu tribal members
    • Supports Common Core State Standards
    • Incorporates authentic data for students to analyze
    • Supports Common Core State Standards
    • Culturally Responsive Curriculum
  • INVESTIGATING SHELTER

    INVESTIGATING SHELTER

    $49.95

    Project Archaeology: Investigating Shelter  is a supplementary science and social studies curriculum unit for grades 3 through 5. The unit supports Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in literacy and mathematics, especially through modeling the investigation process.  Because of the interdisciplinary nature of archaeology, students can seamlessly integrate science (STEM) with literacy, mathematics, social studies, and history. 

    This consists of nine comprehensive lessons guiding students through the archaeological study of shelter including a toolkit of archaeological and scientific concepts and a final performance of understanding. Now includes a professional development DVD! Watch Project Archaeology lessons in action! See a professional development workshop and a teacher guiding students through archaeological inquiry. Instructors model Understanding by Design. Plus, interviews with teachers and students.

    Investigating Shelter teaches six enduring understandings and all learning is guided by essential questions.

  • INVESTIGATING A ROMAN VILLA

    INVESTIGATING A ROMAN VILLA

    $39.95

    Discover Roman history through evidence from archaeological sites near Pompeii! 
    Through archaeology students explore the material remains of Roman culture to learn about geography, history, and art.  How can investigating a Roman villa help students understand Roman people and culture?  In this curriculum, students examine rooms, coins, and frescoes through an inquiry-based tour of a luxury villa. Explore a day in the life of Roman Emperor Nero! Pompeii and the nearby villas at Oplontis offer a glimpse into the daily life of Romans as well as Rome’s elite. 

    • Learn the Latin terms for the rooms in a Roman villa by playing a murder mystery game.
    • Create a mosaic! Students identify lines of symmetry and solve a real-world problem.
    • Close-read Pliny the Younger’s eye-witness accounts of the Mount Vesuvius eruption.
  • INVESTIGATING A LIGHT STATION

    INVESTIGATING A LIGHT STATION

    $59.95

    Discover the past through evidence from an archaeological site at the St. Augustine Light Station in Florida!
    In this investigation, students will use geography, history, and archaeology to learn about a Florida light station and the people who lived in it. Examine historic photographs, primary source documents, artifacts, and maps of a light station. Students meet Mrs. Wilma Daniels, the daughter of a lighthouse keeper who grew up at the light station. Then they will “uncover” a real archaeological site, classify artifacts, and infer how the geographic area of Florida shaped light stations. Explore the history of light stations in the United States and engage students in a debate on a current civic dilemma involving archaeology and preservation.  This guide 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.

     

  • INVESTIGATING A CROW PLAINS TIPI

    INVESTIGATING A CROW PLAINS TIPI

    $59.95

    Discover the past through evidence from an archaeological site in Wyoming! 
    In this investigation students will use Montana and Wyoming geography, history, and archaeology to learn about a Plains Tipi and the Crow people who lived in them. Examine an archaeological site in Wyoming. Your students will read an oral history from Dr. Joe Medicine Crow, a Crow tribal elder, analyze historic photographs, and “uncover” a real archaeological site. Explore the use of traditional Crow architecture, and the benefits of using indigenous technology to solve problems today. This book incorporates authentic archaeological and historical research paired with oral histories to teach students about the use and importance of the Tipi in the past and present lives of Crow people.

  • INVESTIGATING A GREAT BASIN WICKIUP

    INVESTIGATING A GREAT BASIN WICKIUP

    $59.95

    Discover the past through evidence from an archaeological site in Oregon!
    In this investigation students will use geography, history and archaeology to learn about a wickiup and the Northern Paiute people who lived in them.  Examine historic photographs, artifacts, and maps of the wickiup located in Oregon. Students meet Minerva Soucie, a Northern Paiute tribal member, through reading a biography and oral histories. Then they “uncover” a real archaeological site, classify artifacts, and infer how the geographic area of Oregon shaped the Wickiup. 
    Explore the use of traditional wickiup architecture today.

    • Includes text by and about a Northern Paiute tribal member
    • Supports Common Core State Standards
    • Incorporates authentic data for students to analyze
  • INVESTIGATING A TABBY SLAVE CABIN

    INVESTIGATING A TABBY SLAVE CABIN

    $59.95

    Discover the past through evidence from an archaeological site at Kinglsey Plantation in Florida!
    In this investigation students will use geography, history, and archaeology to learn about a Florida cabin and the enslaved people who lived in it. 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.

    Examine historic photographs, primary source documents, artifacts, and maps of a Tabby Slave Cabin shelter. Students meet Mrs. Deborah Bartley-Wallace, a descendant of a slave family at Kingsley Plantation, through reading her biography. Then they “uncover” a real archaeological site, classify artifacts, and infer how the geographic area of Florida shaped the slave cabin.  Explore the history of slavery in the United States and engage students in a debate on a current civic dilemma involving archaeology and preservation.

  • INVESTIGATING THE PUZZLE HOUSE PUEBLO

    INVESTIGATING THE PUZZLE HOUSE PUEBLO

    $59.95

    Discover the past through evidence from an archaeological site in the Mesa Verde region!
    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.  Examine historic photographs, artifacts, and maps of the Puzzle House Pueblo shelter.  Students meet Deloria Dallas, a Hopi Tribal member, through reading a biography and oral histories. Then they “uncover” a real archaeological site, classify artifacts, and infer how the geographic area of the southwest shaped the Pueblo.  Explore the use of traditional Puebloan architecture today and engage students in a debate on a current civic dilemma involving archaeology and preservation.  In this investigation students will use geography, history, archaeology, and tree ring data to learn about a Pueblo and the Ancestral Puebloan people who lived in it.

  • INVESTIGATING A HISTORIC FARMHOUSE

    INVESTIGATING A HISTORIC FARMHOUSE

    $59.95

    Discover the past through evidence from a historic farmhouse in Montana!
    In this investigation, students use geography, history, and archaeology to learn about a historic farmhouse and the Tinsley family who lived there.  Examine historic photographs, artifacts, and maps of the Tinsley House located in southwest Montana. Students meet Jackie Thompson, a descendant of the Tinsley family, through reading a biography and oral histories. Then they “uncover” a real archaeological site, classify artifacts, and infer how the geographic area of Montana shaped the historic farmhouse and the life of the Tinsley family. Explore the use of traditional farmhouse architecture today.

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    INVESTIGATING A BASIN HOUSE

    $59.95

    DISCOVER THE PAST THROUGH EVIDENCE FROM AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE IN COLORADO!
    In this investigation students will use geography, history, and archaeology to learn about a basin house and the Ute people who lived in them. Examine historic photographs, artifacts, and maps of the Blue Knife Basin House located in northwestern Colorado. Students meet Clifford Duncan, a Ute tribal member, through reading a biography and oral histories. They then “uncover” a real archaeological site, classify artifacts, and infer how the geographic area of Colorado shaped the basin house. Explore the use of traditional basin house and wickiup architecture today.

  • INVESTIGATING A MIDWESTERN WICKIUP

    INVESTIGATING A MIDWESTERN WICKIUP

    $59.95

    Discover the past through evidence from an archaeological site in Wisconsin!
    This curriculum guide incorporates authentic archaeological and historical research paired with oral histories to teach students about the use and importance of the Wickiup in the past and present lives of Meskwaki people. In this investigation students will use geography, history, archaeology, and rock art to learn about Midwestern wickiups and the Meskwaki people who lived in them. In the 1700s the Meswaki people moved south into Illinois and west of the Mississippi into Iowa. Examine historic photographs, artifacts, and maps of the Bell Site near Oshkosh, WI. Students meet Mr. Johnathan Buffalo, a Meskwaki, through reading a biography and oral histories. Then they “uncover” a real archaeological site, classify artifacts, and infer how the geographic area of the Midwest shaped the wickiup. Explore the use of traditional wickiup architecture today and engage students in a debate on a current civic dillemma involving archaeology and preservation.