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Anthropology/Archeology
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Classroom Activities
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Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land
In "Sound Communication," students learn how the International
Phonetic Alphabet is used to communicate the sounds of words in
different languages. Grades 6-8, 9-12.
Boldest Hoax, The
In "The Great Piltdown Forgery," students learn about the Piltdown
hoax and who may have been involved. Grades 6-8, 9-12.
Cracking the Maya Code
In "Calendar Count" students investigate how scientists began to
understand the meaning of Maya glyphs and determine their own birth
date using the Maya Long Count calendar system. Grades 6-8, 9-12
Great Inca Rebellion, The
In ""The Tale Bones Tell," students analyze actual data from two
prehistoric communities--a hunting community and an agricultural
community--to infer the impacts of diet on health. Grades 6-8, 9-12.
Ice Mummies -- Frozen in Heaven
In "I Can Dig It!," students analyze and interpret information in
order to locate an actual archaeological site. Grades 6-8.
In Search of Human Origins, Part I
In "Locating the Evidence," students plot and analyze locations of
important African finds in the search for early human remains.
Grades 6-8.
In Search of Human Origins, Part III
In "Back to the Present," students provide anthropologists of the
future with clues about a 21st century classroom. Grades 6-8.
In Search of the First Language
In "Getting the Word Out," students match sources and definitions to
a set of words and consider their origins. Grades 6-8, 9-12.
Journey to the Sacred Sea
In "Legends of Baikal," students review and discuss belief systems
implicit in the legends of Lake Baikal. Grades 3-5, 6-8.
Little Creatures Who Run the World
In "Crowd Watching," students observe how people in a crowd behave.
Grades 6-8, 9-12.
Mummy Who Would Be King, The
In "Matters of Mummification," students use descriptive clues to
determine the culture and method of mummification of various
mummies. Grades 6-8.
Neanderthals on Trial
In "What Is This?," students interpret an artifact found at a
Neanderthal cave site in Slovenia. Grades 6-8, 9-12.
Pocahontas Revealed
In "Examining an American Myth," students rewrite the story of
Pocahontas based on archeological and historical evidence. Grades
6-8, 9-12.
Search for the Lost Cave People
In "Material Possessions," students examine primary source documents
to draw inferences about 17th century American colonists. Grades
6-8, 9-12.
Sultan's Lost Treasure
In "Where, When, and Who?," students interpret four different sets
of artifacts to determine the country, time period, and person
associated with each. Grades 6-8.
The Bible's Buried Secrets
In "Deciphering the Past," explore how linguistic analysis can be
used to help identify sources of a text as well as relative time
periods in which the text was written. Grades 9-12.
Treasures of the Sunken City
In "Tabletop Map," students create a tabletop grid, position and
catalog objects within it, and then interpret each other's sites.
Grades 6-8, 9-12.
Tribe that Time Forgot, The
In "Hidden Cultures," students place a culture somewhere in the
world where it would be difficult to find. Grades 6-8, 9-12.
Wanted -- Butch and Sundance
In "Identifying the Skeletons," students analyze bone specimen
illustrations and correlate the person to whom they may have
belonged. Grades 6-8, 9-12.
Warriors of the Amazon
In "Community Values," students explore life-cycle events of the
Amazonian Yanomami people and compare those events to ones that
students themselves experience. Grades 6-8, 9-12.
World in the Balance
In "Double Up," calculate how long it takes a country�s population
to double in size and investigate factors affecting growth rate.
Grades 6-8, 9-12.
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