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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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$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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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$29.95
In Project Archaeology: Investigating Fort Meade, students become archaeologists and historians as they use the tools and skills of inquiry to investigate Fort Meade, in the classroom and at the actual site. Students discover that South Dakota’s historic places are an excellent source of information about our past and that these landmarks continue to benefit our communities in many ways.
Fort Meade was established during the winter of 1878-79 by units of the 1st and 11th infantry and the reorganized 7th Cavalry. The mission of the 10 company post was to provide military protection against the Sioux for the gold-seekers and settlers who had invaded the region both before and after the Black Hills Treaty of 1877. Though no longer an active military base, Fort Meade still serves as a training site by the 196th Regiment for Officer Candidate School (OCS).
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Discover the past through evidence from a rock art site in Alabama!
In this curriculum, students examine the distant past through ancient images ancestors of the Chickasaw people created a left on a bluff overlooking the Tennessee River. Create rock art from authentic images using two different hands-on techniques. Explore how archaeologists study rock are to understand past cultures. Using archaeological inquiry, students will observe an authentic rock art panel at Painted Bluff and make inferences. Cultural background on the Chickasaw and an interpretation is provided by LaDonna Brown, a citizen of the Chickasaw tribe. In a short research project, students employ primary sources such as authentic archaeological data and oral history to demonstrate their knowledge.
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Discover the past through a significant historic landmark!
In Investigating Garnet: A Historic Mining Town, students become archaeologists and historians as they use the tools and skills of inquiry to investigate Garnet, in the classroom and at the actual site. Students discover that Montana’s historic places are an excellent source of information about our past and that these landmarks continue to benefit our communities in many ways. Designed for 3rd – 5th grade students, this curriculum is adaptable for any other region with mining activity.
Students will use Montana geography and history to learn about a historic mining town in Montana and the people who lived in this important place. Examine a historic site located in western Montana. Your students will analyze primary document such as historic photographs and census records. Explore the history of this enticing place and teach your students the importance of preserving and re-using historic structures. One thousand people called Garnet home in the 1890s as they scoured the mountains for gold. Largely abandoned 20 years later when the gold ran out, today the town is well-preserved and offers a glimpse into the struggles of those early miners and homesteaders.
