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Instructional Video11:20
Crash Course

The Black Legend, Native Americans, and Spaniards

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Delve into the complex social and political structures of Native Americans prior to the arrival of European colonists. This video provides an overview of pre-Columbian America, with particular regard to the the colonization efforts of...
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Instructional Video5:00
TED-Ed

What Causes Cavities?

For Students 6th - 12th
How do cavities form, and how can you avoid them? An amusing animated video demonstrates how microbes living in our mouths attack the surface enamel of our teeth and, if untreated, the subsurface levels as well.
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Instructional Video1:25
American Museum of Natural History

Ask a Scientist About T. Rex

For Students 6th - 12th
With its small arms and giant body, many children are fascinated by the T-Rex. Use the online resource to learn about the characteristics of the T-Rex and how scientists study the extinct species. A paleontologist answers a series of...
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Intro to Archaeology

For Students 9th - 10th
A video where archaeologist, Nicholas Toth, discusses and explores the tools, methods, and focus of an archaeologist. [5:00]
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Instructional Video
PBS

Nova Online: Remote Sensing in Archaeology

For Students 9th - 10th
This article, a companion piece to a NOVA special called "Lost City of Arabia," explains remote-sensing technologies that are helping archeologists find ancient cities from the air.
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Instructional Video
Other

South Carolina Etv: Archaeology Channel: Ice Age Humans in South Carolina

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent video of the Topper, South Carolina archaeological dig. View the actual methods that the experts in primitive technology and archaeologists use while on a "dig." This particular excavation site holds clues to the theory that...
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Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Historic Archaeology at Ashland: Artifacts in a Privy

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment, Dr. Kim McBride discusses the discovery and analysis of the artifacts archaeologists found during an archaeological survey at Ashland, the estate of politician, farmer, and horse breeder Henry Clay in Lexington,...
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Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Georgia Stories: Archaeology

For Students 9th - 10th
An archaeologist takes us on a dig at Raccoon Ridge near Madison, in Morgan County and uncovers the tiniest artifacts in order to understand how the earliest Georgians lived.
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Discoveries in Chinese Archaeology

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video [4:17) learn about some of the most prolific archeological sites in China, including the burial complex of the First Emperor of China and Sanxingdui. The tomb of China's first emperor who died in 210 BC II; it revealed more...
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Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Math in Archaeology: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson shows students that math is part of the study of past civilizations. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Math in Archaeology."
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Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Historic Archaeology at Camp Nelson: Shedding Light on Undocumented Lives

For Students 9th - 10th
This video discusses how the analysis of food remains and personal items provides insight into the lives of the soldiers and the families of the black enlistees who trained during the Civil War at Camp Nelson in Jessamine County,...
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Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Nova: Ice Mummies: The Lost Inca Empire

For Students 9th - 10th
Explores what is known about the "Land of the Four Quarters" and the achievements of the Inca empire, their religious rituals, high altitude archaeology, and burial artifacts.
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Instructional Video
PBS

Nova Online: A Gallery of Roman Mosaics

For Students 9th - 10th
The companion site that accompanies the NOVA program on salvaging Zeugma, an ancient Roman town on the banks of the Euphrates. It shows how archaeologists rescued many artifacts from a dam-building project.
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Instructional Video
BBC

Bbc Earth: Unplugged: Bone Collector Ben Garrod

For Students 9th - 10th
Ben Garrod, or the Bone Collector, takes us on a tour of his 'office', showing us some of the gruesome processes he has to go through to strip and clean skeletons, and the painstaking work he must to do recreate their natural forms. His...
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Instructional Video
PBS

Nova: Pocahontas Revealed: The Science of Jamestown

For Students 9th - 10th
This website matches up contemporary reports and later historical information about Jamestown with recent archaeological evidence that confirms such information.
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Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Nova: Secrets of the Lost Empire Easter Island

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the mysterious Easter Island as a team of archaeologists attempts to recreate the process used to construct the monolithic Moai statues.
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Instructional Video
University of California

Digital Karnak: Experience Karnak

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides easily accessible, up-to-date, expert material relating to the temple precinct. Through videos, you can learn about Karnak's role in ancient Egyptian history, religion, architecture, and archaeology. Each video clip has an...
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Instructional Video
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Human Evolution Early Human Diets

For Students 9th - 10th
An archaeologist explains how the bones of early humans can reveal information about their diets. [29:15]
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Instructional Video
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Island Biodiversity Tracking Human Influences

For Students 9th - 10th
How do inhabitants on islands alter the ecosystem over time? An archaeologist will identify specific changes over many years that occurred as a result of human arrival on islands. [29:16]
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Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Levers: Raising the Moai on Easter Island

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, a team of archaeologists and engineers explores different uses of the lever by recreating the engineering feats of the ancient Easter Island peoples. [4:50]
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Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Us History: The Black Legend, Native Americans, and Spaniards

For Students 9th - 10th
John Green talks about the Native Americans who lived in what is now the US prior to European contact. This is a history class, not archaeology, so we're mainly going to cover written history. That means we start with the first sustained...
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Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Us History #1: The Black Legend

For Students 9th - 10th
In this Crash Course video, John Green kicks off Crash Course US History! In episode 1, John talks about the Native Americans who lived in what is now the US prior to European contact. This is a history class, not archaeology, so we're...
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Art History: Ancient Egypt: New Kingdom: Ramesses Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
This video [9:33] discusses Ramesses II, Herakleopolis (Temple of Harsaphes), New Kingdom, Egypt, c. 1250 B.C.E. (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology) Speakers: Monica Hahn, Brian Seymour...
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Art History: Ancient Rome: Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli: A Virtual Tour

For Students 9th - 10th
This video [8:03] provides a virtual tour of Hadrian's Villa using a 3D digital model of the villa created under the direction of Dr. Bernard Frischer. The ruins of Hadrian's Villa, in the town of Tivoli, near Rome, is spread over an...

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