This week we’ll be traveling back in time to civilizations that are long
gone. You will be digging up facts via the Internet and making artifacts with
your excavated knowledge of things left behind. You will use the facts you’ve
“dug up” and the artifacts made in the “field” to make
a museum display that will include a multimedia presentation.
First we need to learn a few terms commonly used by Anthropologists and Archeologists.
Click on the linked word to answer the question.
What is anthropology? What does an anthropologist do?
What is archaeology? What does an archaeologist do?
What is an artifact?
What is culture?
What is linguistics?
What is economics?
What is an excavation?
What is surveying in archaeology?
What is Radiocarbon dating (carbon 14) and how is it used by archaeologist?
Checkout these additional sites on archaelogy:
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/decoding_the_past/index.html click next to read more
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/archaeology.html news
Let the adventure begin.....