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Read Works

Read Works: Old Time Operations

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text and timeline about ancient dentistry and surgeries. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Handout
BBC

Bbc: History: An Introduction to Marine Archaeology

For Students 9th - 10th
A very good introduction to the discipline. Provides details on how it is different from land-based archaeology, how wreck sites are investigated, issues regarding "treasure" wrecks, conservation, and much more.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Traces: Historic Archaeology

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Excellent lesson plans that challenge learners to consider every day uses for artifacts. Site provides an analysis worksheet that will help students consider the importance of artifacts in understanding historical people. Links to sites...
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Handout
Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: The Ice House

For Students K - 1st
Click on the links to uncover facts about an ice house found in England in May 2004 by a team of archaeologists. Learn what it was used for and how it worked.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Science Safari: City of Gold

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate the challenges facing archeologists when dealing with local cultures near dig sites, and consider the difficulty of remaining sensitive to the past yet still being able to learn from it.
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Handout
Archaeological Institute of America

Archaeology: Calvert's Heirs Claim Schliemann Treasure

For Students 9th - 10th
A news article discussing conflicting claims to Schliemann's Trojan treasures, which may have been excavated by different archaeologists.
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Other

Staten Island Children's Museum: Great Explorations: All About the Tundra [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Use this guide and your imagination to take a trip to the frozen Tundra.
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Other

North China City Believed to Be Ancient Capital

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an article on Xingtai in North China's Hebei Province, which was probably one of the capital cities of the Shang Dynasty.