Exploratorium
Exploratorium:seasons/shadows: Investigate How Shadows Shift Throughout the Year
Ancient Chacoans used shadows to tell daily time and seasons. Build a model that demonstrates the changes in Earth's tilt that affect the length of shadows relative to the sun that determines the seasons. The lesson plan uses everyday...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Chaco Canyon: Observation: How Old Is It?
How is time read on the stone of the Chaco Canyon? Find out systems geologists have for dating rocks and fossils.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Chaco Canyon: Observation: Make Your Own Petroglyph!
This lesson scratches at the surface of early forms of written communication and teaches readers how to make their own petroglyph.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Chaco Canyon: A Virtual Conference
The Anasazi ruins of the Chaco Canyon are profiled as well as the Native American civilization that flourished there.
Curated OER
Bureau of Land Management: Anasazi Heritage Center: Who Were the Anasazi?
A question-and-answer site giving information about the Anasazi, an ancestral Pueblo people. There is a discussion of their languages, farming methods, architecture, and use of astronomy.
Other
Native Peoples of North America: Agricultural Societies in Pre European Times
A good introduction to the three major Native American cultures in the Southwest prior to European contact. Find information about the Mogollon, Anasazi, and Hohokam cultures. Read how they influenced each other, and what was unique...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Museum Collections/ Chaco Culture National Historic Park
One of the earliest peoples living in the Southwest of present day America were the Chaco, also called the Anasazi. Learn about their history and culture and the great contributions made by this civilization, view preserved artifacts and...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Collapse: Why Do Civilizations Fail?
Explore different ancient civilizations to learn about some of the reasons these civilizations collapsed. Looks at Maya, Mesopotamia, Chaco Canyon, Mali and Songhai. Includes interactive activities.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Confluence Creations: Chaco Canyon Tour
Take a tour of the Chaco Canyon archaeological site. The map takes you to the many dwellings and important astronomical sites. Virtual tours are available if you have Quick Time.
Northern Arizona University
Colorado Plateau: Chaco Phenomenon
A description of the building done at Chaco Canyon. Find out how the dwellings were built, where the materials came from, the agriculture that supported the population, and the road systems that connected the populace of Chaco Canyon to...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: American Indian Culture of the Southwest
We can thank the Indian tribes from the Southwest for introducing us to corn. Corn was seen as a spiritual gift in Pueblo societies. Study more of the cultural characteristics of these tribes such as their irrigation system which allowed...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Collapse: Chaco Canyon
Intriguing site that explores the settlement of Chaco Canyon and its collapse. It describes the community and the factors attributed to its demise.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Collapse: Why Do Civilizations Fall?
Why did great civilizations fall? War, disease, overpopulation or natural disasters? Interactive content and activities allow you, by sifting through archaeological evidence, to investigate the collapse of the Mayan civilization, the...
Other
George Wright Forum: The Antiquities Act [Pdf]
An extensive examination of the Antiquities Act, first signed by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. Read how fifteen presidents have used this act to protect both sites of historic and scientific interest. Included are photographs of...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Read about the impressive great houses built by the Anasazi in Chaco Canyon in the middle of the first century AD. Find out about the placement of the dwellings, the communication possibiilities, and the eventual demise of Chaco's...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Evaluating Models of Chaco: Pueblo Bonito
Brief look at Pueblo Bonito, located in Chaco Canyon.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Native American Culture of the Southwest
This article discusses the Ancestral Pueblo people who lived in the southwestern region of the modern United States; they constructed elaborate buildings and began the American farming tradition.
Other
Pueblo Bonito: Turquoise Trade Capital
Overview of Pueblo Bonito and the importance the "apartment-house" played in the Chaco Canyon turquoise trade.
Other
Chaco Canyon National Historic Park, a Photo Gallery
Pictorial look at Chaco Canyon National Historic Park and Pueblo Bonito.
Other
Der: The Chaco Legacy
Two paragraphs which discuss the ruins of Pueblo Bonito. The author says that it was actually a township in the Chaco Canyon and was the center of the Anasazi civilization. This site is a summary of a film which is available about the...
Curated OER
Route 66 Sidetrip / New Mexico
Beautiful photos taken at sites in Chaco Canyon. Clicking on the picture will enlarge it and give you some commentary about the picture.
Curated OER
Route 66 Sidetrip / New Mexico
Beautiful photos taken at sites in Chaco Canyon. Clicking on the picture will enlarge it and give you some commentary about the picture.
Curated OER
Route 66 Sidetrip / New Mexico
Beautiful photos taken at sites in Chaco Canyon. Clicking on the picture will enlarge it and give you some commentary about the picture.
Curated OER
Route 66 Sidetrip / New Mexico
Beautiful photos taken at sites in Chaco Canyon. Clicking on the picture will enlarge it and give you some commentary about the picture.