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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson Design Archaeology

For Teachers K - 12th
Students participate in their own excavation and measure and record as they go. For this archaeology lesson students divide into groups and solve the mystery of what they uncovered in their dig box.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Archaeology and Prehistoric Native Americans

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study the terms paleontology and archaeology and examine how they can help us learn about prehistoric Native Iowans.  In this archaeology lesson students discuss these terms and view a video on Native Americans. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

History, Artifacts, and Museums

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this historical artifacts lesson, 11th graders select and research historical topics that require them to interpret calendars, timelines,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mapping the African American Past

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the African Americans impact on New York.  In this US History lesson plan, 4th graders examine an archaeological website.  Students research the Five Points neighborhood. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Predicting the Past

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study how archaeologists record the past. They discuss archaeology and artifacts. They view a list of artifacts discovered by Marquette at the Illinois Village and answer questions regarding them. They complete a test about...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How To Think Like An Archaeologist

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers take a field trip to historical Jamestown. Using artifacts given to them, they must identify them and discover who would have used them and for what purpose. They create a database to organize the information and share...
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Article
BBC

Bbc Newsround: Frozen Woolly Mammoth Found by 11 Year Old Boy

For Students 3rd - 5th
Can you imagine finding something in the ground that may be more than 30,000 years old? Read about the 11 year old boy who made an incredible discovery.
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Article
Scholastic

Scholastic News: A Lost City, Found?

For Students 2nd - 8th
Using a lasar system called Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), scientists have been able to uncover a city of ruins in the rainforests of Honduras. Read about this exciting discovery and the theories of what this lost city may be.