The following projects were created by teachers participating in
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for Teachers held
in 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2007.
A PDF or PowerPoint version of the project can be found by clicking on the
project title.
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|
Grade Level |
Project Title |
2012
|
|
|
All |
Archaeology
Opportunities for Educators in Northeastern Iowa |
|
Elementary |
Who were the mound
builders? |
|
Elementary |
Check the
Clues |
|
Elementary |
How do
archaeologists know about the past? |
|
Middle |
Mishipeshu, the
Underwater-Panther |
|
Middle |
Exploring the
Past: Archaeology, History and Early Human Communities |
|
Middle |
Scientific
Method Exploration through Archaeology |
|
Middle |
Field
Investigations and Sampling Techniques |
|
Middle |
Context Tells
the Story |
|
Middle |
Playground
Pedestrian Survey |
|
Middle |
How do we
know? |
|
Middle |
Objects Tell
Stories |
|
Middle |
Exploring Our
Past through Anthropology and Archaeology |
|
Middle |
The Secrets of
Garbage |
|
Middle |
Understanding
the Historical Process through Archaeology |
|
Middle |
Artifact
Timeline Activity |
|
Middle |
Symbols - Past,
Present & Future |
|
Middle/High |
Dirty Deeds Done
Dirt Cheap (Garbology) |
|
Middle/High |
Using GIS to
Introduce Archaeology, Social Structures, and Climate Change |
|
High School |
Introduction to
World History Unit |
|
High School |
Science Is
Science! |
|
High School |
Three
Dimensional Coordinates |
|
High School |
Pictographs
(Rock Art) of Kickapoo Valley |
|
High School |
The Continuing
Lessons of Band Level Societies |
|
High School |
YOU Are an
Amateur Archaeologist |
|
High School |
Patterns in
Human Behavior and Ethics of Artifacts |
|
High School |
Interpreting
Rock Art |
2011
|
|
|
All |
Archaeological
Excavation (PowerPoint presentation 9,137 KB file size) |
|
Elementary/Middle |
Archaeology:
Digging into the Past |
|
Elementary/Middle |
Art as an Expression
of Culture in Context |
|
Elementary/Middle |
Centerville Garbage
Collection Project |
|
Elementary/Middle |
Changing Uses of
Santa Cruz's Land |
|
Elementary/Middle |
Comparing and
Contrasting Copper Mining by Evaluating Artifacts |
|
Elementary/Middle |
Draw the Midden |
|
Elementary/Middle |
Footprints of
the Past: An Introduction to Historical Science and its
Importance |
|
Elementary/Middle |
How Do We Know
About the Past? |
|
Elementary/Middle |
Plants and
People |
|
Elementary/Middle |
Uncovering
Archaeology |
|
Elementary/Middle |
Why Do We Need to
Learn About the Past? |
|
High School |
Creating a "Works
Cited Document" for an Archaeology Project (includes
PowerPoint presentation
365KB file size) |
|
High School |
First Contact |
|
High School |
How Do We Know
What Happened in the Past? Ancient and Modern People in
Wisconsin |
|
High School |
Introduction to
Anthropology, Human Evolution and Archaeology: Southeastern
Wisconsin Case Study, Aztalan and the People of the Sun |
|
High School |
Introduction to
Garcia's Biology Class |
|
High School |
Introduction to
Garcia's Earth Science Class |
|
High School |
Mini-Unit:
Defining My Self and My Culture |
|
High School |
Using Radioactive
Dating to Better Understand Isotopes |
|
High School |
Why Do Humans
Write: Myths & Legends in the Context of Culture and Society |
2010
|
|
|
Elementary/Middle |
Archaeology: Are
you Diggin' Me? |
|
Elementary/Middle |
Archaeology Infusion Project |
|
Elementary/Middle |
Exploring the Past
Blog |
|
Elementary/Middle |
Past People
VoiceThread |
|
Elementary/Middle |
Picturing the Past
Web Site |
|
Elementary/Middle |
Viking Culture
in the "New World: vs. Native American Culture circa CE 900-1000 |
|
High School |
Classical
Archaeological Sites |
|
High School |
Geographic
Study of the Driftless Area |
|
High School |
Investigating
the Physics of the Atlatl |
|
High School |
World Literature and World Cultures |
2007
|
|
|
Kindergarten |
Introduction to Indians and the First Thanksgiving
|
| Grades 2nd and up |
What can we learn from bones? |
| Elementary |
Inference and Observation |
| 6th grade |
Social Studies Curriculum Grade 6 - Unit of Study:
Anthropologists: Puzzlers of Past People |
| 6th-8th grades |
Discover Woodland Culture (Wisconsin) Pottery Techniques
(includes
PowerPoint presentation 149 KB file size) |
| Middle school |
Introduction to Archaeology and Ethics (PowerPoint
presentation 2,015 KB file size) |
| Middle school |
The Atlatl System |
| Middle school |
Pre-European Cultures of the Upper Mississippi River Valley |
| Middle school |
Archaeology: Basic Content (PowerPoint presentation 21,006
KB file size) |
| 8th grade |
Exploration of Prehistoric People of Illinois |
| Upper grades |
Who Owns the Past? Comparing Perspectives on Kennewick Man |
| Upper grades |
Native American Ethnobotany |
| Upper grades |
The Institutions of Government: The Judiciary
|
| Upper grades |
Early Humans |
| Upper grades |
Tailoring Two Cultures to Adapt to Wisconsin's Biotic Zones |
| Upper grades |
Half-Life Lab |
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The
following PowerPoint presentations were created by teachers
participating in an ESEA Title II grant-funded project for use
in the teachers' classrooms. They reflect the individual’s
experience at a particular site and are not intended to
accurately reflect what happens on all archaeological
investigations around the country or world.
You will need a PowerPoint viewer to access the following
PowerPoint presentations.
Click here if you want to download a free version of a
PowerPoint viewer.
The Process of
Archaeology
(898 KB file size)
Archeology: The
Search for Who We Were and How We Became Who We Are
(3,222 KB file size)
Archaeology Scrapbook (4,530 KB file size)
Archaeology
for Teachers - Field School 2005
(3,530 KB file size)
Archaeology
2005
(1,075 KB file size)
The
Process of Archaeology (2,704 KB file size)
At the
Archaeology Lab (511
KB file size)
Archaeology:
Excavation Tools (8,247 KB file size)
The Process of
Archaeology (2,356 KB file size)
Archaeology
Scrapbook
(10,726 KB file size)
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The following lessons were created by teachers participating in
Eisenhower Professional Development Project and ESEA Title II grants.
A PDF version of the lesson can be found by clicking on the Lesson
Title.
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here if you want to download a free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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Following are pdf versions of several activities that employ mathematical concepts
and skills to solve archaeological questions.
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here if you want to download a free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Mound Math
Peopling the New World - An Archaeological Exercise in Excel
Functions and Graphs - Pattern Detection #1
Functions and Graphs - Pattern Detection #2
Archaeology is the science that seeks to learn about past humans and their
culture from the material remains that were left behind. Archaeology is not
"treasure hunting," and involves much more than just finding and digging up
those material remains or artifacts. Archaeologists try to tease out as much
information as possible about the past from a small sample of sometimes poorly
preserved or fragmentary material objects. Modern archaeologists may spend three
or more times longer in the lab than they do in the field-trying to discover the
meaning behind the artifacts they have found. Click here to enter
The Process of Archaeology web site and learn about the
whole process of archaeology, from the initial research and logistics to the
final analyses and interpretations that bring the past to life. The
information in The Process of Archaeology web site provides
background information to support the mathematics
activities above.
The Math/Archaeology Activities and The Process of Archaeology web information
were created as part of Wisconsin Department of Public
Instruction Mathematics and Science Program Partnership Grants.
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