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Protecting Our Archeological Past

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

How can we protect our archeological heritage? Students will: 1) Learn that laws and ethics protect our archeological heritage and 2) Understand that all of us are responsible for helping protect the history around us.

Digging into the Colonial Past: Archeology and the 16th-Century Spanish Settlements at Charlesfort-Santa Elena

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Both France and Spain raced to settle and control the southern coast of North America. On a small island off the coast of present-day South Carolina lie the ruins of Charlesfort, the French outpost for a year, which later became Santa Elena, a Spanish colonial town from 1566 to 1587. The site has been abandoned now for more than 400 years.

Petrified Forest National Park

Simulated Archeology Dig

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students engage in archeological field techniques while learning to measure, map, and identify artifacts of the ancestral Puebloan culture. Group size is limited to 25 students.

Fort Frederica National Monument

Archeology at Fort Frederica

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Fort Frederica was an 18th-century fort on St. Simons Island, Georgia. Built to defend British colonial territories from Spanish attack, the fort was instrumental in establishing lasting English control over the eastern U.S. This lesson uses 3D models of archeological artifacts and historical information to teach students both about the fort’s important history and how archeological methods uncover it. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.

Attributes and Classification in Archeology

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

How do archeologists classify objects based on their attributes? Students will: 1) Understand the how and why of classification and attributes and 2) Classify specific objects based on common attributes.

Coordinates and Gridding in Archeology

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

How do archeologists record the location of artifacts on a coordinates grid? Students will: 1) Use coordinates to label an excavation site and 2) Determine the location of artifacts within the coordinate system.

What Is (and Isn't) Archeology?

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

What is true and false about archeology? Students will: 1) Separate facts from misconceptions about archeology; 2) Define key terms; and 3) Identify archeological artifacts as opposed to paleontological fossils.

Stratigraphy and Superposition in Archeology

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

How do stratigraphy and superposition help archeologists date artifacts? Students will: 1) Learn about the concept of superposition and 2) Apply superposition to understand the relationship between soil strata and the relative age of archeological artifacts.

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park

PB & J Archeology

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Learn the principles of archeological site formation and stratigraphy through the creation of a peanut butter and jelly or a yogurt parfait archeological site.

"Introduction to Archeology" Midwest Archeological Center Distance Learning Program

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Distance learning module offered by the Midwest Archeological Center, which introduces the topics of archeology and stewardship. Students will learn about the National Park Service, the resources it conserves, and how everyday objects offer information about life in the past.

"Archeological Sites" Midwest Archeological Center Distance Learning Program

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will tour a number of famous archeological sites, learning how archeologists locate and define those sites. Discussion will strengthen understanding of archeological sites and why they are important. Topics include site stewardship and how students might deal with objects or locations that they believe are potential archeological sites.

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park

Women in Archeology: Dr. N’omi Greber’s Contributions to Hopewell Archeology

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Once women entered the field of archeology, they made a huge impact on the field. In this lesson you will learn about one such archaeologist, Dr. N’omi Greber, and the contributions she made to Hopewell Archeology. You will also have the opportunity to step into Dr. Greber’s shoes and interpret the Hopewell Earthwork complex, Liberty Earthworks, to learn more about life and social organization 2,000 years ago from actual artifacts and features found at the site.

Inference vs. Observation in Archeology

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

How can we tell the difference between an inference and an observation? Students will: 1) explain the difference between inference and observation and 2) use this knowledge to analyze an “artifact” making correct observation and inference statements.

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Field Trip: Discover Archeology

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Learn the basics of archeology. A park ranger and archeologist will discuss what a career in archeology looks like. Students can interact with basic tools of the trade and some artifacts found in the villages.

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Seeing Into the Ground: Archeology and Magnetometry

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Learn how archeologists use geophysical techniques like magnetometry to learn more about ancient objects and people. Explore the scientific process behind magnetometry, including magnetic fields, and how archeologists interpret their results. Complete a simulated magnetometry analysis using data from Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Dr. Redmond's Archeology Lecture Transcript

• Type: Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Read the transcript of a lecture by Dr. Brian Redmond of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History examining the pre-contact archeology of Northeast Ohio.

Primary vs. Secondary Sources in Archeology

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

How do primary and secondary sources help archeologists learn about the past? Students will: 1) Learn the differences between primary and secondary sources and 2) Glean information from examples of different sources.

Gateway Arch National Park

Fun and Games at the Gateway Arch

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Learn about the lives and pastimes of nineteenth century boys and girls. Takes place at the Museum at the Gateway Arch.

Fort Stanwix National Monument

Archeology at Fort Stanwix, On-Site Education Program

• Type: Field Trips ... Field Schools & Institutes
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

What can we learn from the trash and lost objects of the past? “Dig in” to the stories of the past as we prepare objects for the future!

Petersburg National Battlefield

Archeology at City Point, Petersburg National Battlefield

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Archeology reveals information about the people who lived at the place now called Grant’s Headquarters at City Point, part of Petersburg National Battlefield. Today, archeology at Grant’s Headquarters at City Point helps the National Park Service tell the story of over 12,000 years of history: from the first people to explore the area, to the establishment of plantations, through the Civil War.