Discovering Archaeology in New Mexico

This guide supplements Intrigue of the Past: A Teacher’s Activity Guide for Fourth through Seventh Grades. The interdisciplinary lessons within Discovering Archaeology in New Mexico 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 New Mexico’s past and present.  This curriculum uses information about different groups of people residing in New Mexico throughout history.  Developing an understanding of the importance of stewardship of archaeological sites through the appreciation of the lives of people who previously occupied New Mexico 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 New Mexico facilitate literacy instruction across the content areas while also promoting the development of critical thinking skills.