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Archaeology Week

Archaeology Week

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Social Studies, Arts, Fun

7th Grade

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GABRIELA PICART

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11 Slides • 5 Questions

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Archaeology Week

what is Archaeology? How do we do it?

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Poll

Would you lick a rock to figure out if it is a bone?

NO!

YES!

I need to know more about why I'm licking rocks.

I only lick rocks that i know are not bones.

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CLO: Students will evaluate the possible uses archaeological artifacts by looking first at a set of ancient artifacts and then at set contemporary ones and constructing meaning in groups based on visual and kinesthetic clues.

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Open Ended

Have you heard of Archeology before? When? What do Archaeologist do?

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Archaeology

  • Archaeologist examine human and material remains from the past.

  • They record and map what they find.

  • This information is used to create history.

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Why are we doing this?

  • It is important to think of past as something we can constantly interact with instead of some that simply is.

  • Interpretations of Archeological evidence has changed over the years due to the discovery of new contexts and the use of new technologies.

  • Humans are biased and the interpretation of archeological remains have been used to serve racist Eurocentric goals.

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Lets practice together!

We are going to look at remains from Etruscans because they are my favorite Ancient Civilization.

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Open Ended

Summarize: What kind of space do you think this is? What do you think objects here were used for? why?

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Open Ended

Quick write: summarize the uses of the objects above based on their appearance.

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Open Ended

Do you have any fina conclussions or claims?

Archaeology Week

what is Archaeology? How do we do it?

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