Discovering Archaeology in New Mexico

Discovering Archaeology in New Mexico

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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. 

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Description

Intrigue of the Past: Discovering Archaeology in New Mexico is published by the Bureau of Land Management’s Heritage Education Program, Project Archaeology. Supports the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, and Science.

CONTENTS

Credits
Introduction
Foreword
Preface
Introduction to Educators
How to Use This Book
Illustration Credits

Chapters

  1. The Paleo-Indian Period
  2. The Archaic Period
  3. The Ancestral Pueblo: Basket maker II to Pueblo I
  4. The Ancestral Pueblo: Pueblo II
  5. The Ancestral Pueblo: Pueblo III to Pueblo IV
  6. The Mogollon Area
  7. The Spanish Entrada and the Early Spanish Colonial Period
  8. The Athapaskan Peoples of New Mexico

Appendices

  1. Teacher Lesson Plans
  2. References
  3. Resources for Teachers
  4. Evaluation Form
  5. Student Glossary
  6. Index