Discovering Archaeology in Colorado

This guide supplements Intrigue of the Past: A Teacher’s Activity Guide for Fourth through Seventh Grades. The interdisciplinary lessons within Discovering Archaeology in Colorado facilitate literacy instruction across the content areas while also promoting the development of critical thinking skills. Lessons include problem solving, scientific inquiry, observation-inference, cooperative learning, and citizenship skills as students learn about the people of Colorado’s past and present. Students learn about different archaeological sites throughout Colorado such as sites with rock art, bison kill sites and early villages or towns. Developing an understanding of the importance of stewardship of archaeological sites through the appreciation of the lives of people who previously occupied Colorado is the goal. Archaeology, an interdisciplinary field, provides a natural integration of science with language arts, mathematics, social studies, and history. The interdisciplinary lessons within Discovering Archaeology in Colorado facilitate literacy instruction across the content areas while also promoting the development of critical thinking skills.