Online Extras :
Archaeology and Culture Study Web Resources
By Linda Lindroth
Extending your culture study throughout the year is easy with these web resources.
Use these web resources in conjunction with Linda Lindroth's related article "How To...Create a Culture Study Guide" How To...Create a Culture Study Guide to extend your cultural study of artifacts throughout the school Year.
Year Long Calendar of Activities
- August – study the archaeology of Ancient Greece as a follow-up to the 2004 Summer Olympics.
- September – work with the cultural diversity in your classroom.
- October – begin your study of Early America with Jamestown Rediscovered.
- November – continue your early America study with Plymouth for Thanksgiving. November is also a great time to study Native Americans and the archaeological finds that help us learn more about these cultures.
- Reinforce mapping skills with a world map where students can post locations of archeological digs they explore on the web for Geography Week in December.
- February – visit Mt. Vernon and Jefferson's archaeology project at to learn more about these presidents.
- March – start your study of Art Month with Rock Art Archaeology and let students do their own rock art.
- April – Plan an archaeological dig in your school yard for Earth Day.
- May – Leave an artifact box of data that will help the new students at your grade level be successful next year.
Dig http://www.digonsite.com/links.html
Here are lots of links to ancient civilizations. The Ancient Olympics will be a great follow up to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Free online Teacher Guides make it easy to implement archaeology in the curriculum. Links are from Dig magazine by Cobblestone Publishing Co.
Jamestown Rediscovered http://www.apva.org/jr.html
Explore this archeological project just in time for your study of Thanksgiving.
ology – http://www.ology.amnh.org/archaeology
Clues from the Past - Archaeology is just one of the OLogy science topics the AmericanMuseum of Natural History offers as in-depth collections of resources for exploration. This is a complete online guide to the study of past civilizations through the artifacts left behind. Two interactive explorations, Inca Investigation and Zapotec Urn use artifacts to learn more about these ancient cultures. What's the Big Idea guides students in learning more about how archaeologists study artifacts. The Tools of the Trade game allows
students to work with tools.
The Archaeology Channel www.archaeologychannel.org
Teacher resources and interactive lessons use streaming media to explore cultural heritage.
Painted Rocks Webquest http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/kimbrough/californiahistory/
Study of rock painting.
Ancient History and Archaeology http://members.aol.com/donnandlee/
There are dozens of history units and lessons on archaeology for intermediate grades and middle school students.
Archaeology Adventure
http://www.asor.org/outreach/Teachers/History/intro_to_create.htm
Use what you have learned about archaeology to create your own culture.
Children of YesterYear http://www.cyberbee.com/yesteryear/photo.html
Using photographs to figure out history and culture.
BLM Learning http://www.blm.gov/education/
Teacher Resources, Student links, and Explorers. Explorers has a variety of research topics, including Archaeology, with dozens of links for indepth exploration.
Historical Treasure Chests http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/treasure/index.html
Teaching Archeology http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/teach/lessons.html
Lessons include Artifact Bingo, Archaeology of the Future, and many more suitable for Elementary and Middle School students.
Decoding the Past
http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/decoding_the_past/index.html
The Historian's Resources
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/psources/pshome.html
Students use primary source material to learn about slavery.
Kids Dig Reed http://www.KidsDigReed.com/
Farm site from 150 years ago in eastern WV. Great games and activities with audio.
Ancient Egypt Webquest http://www.iwebquest.com/egypt/ancientegypt.htm
To read Linda Lindroth's related article "How To...Create a Culture Study Guide" click here
Linda K. Lindroth is Technology Editor and Web Coordinator for Teaching K-8. She is also a Technology Resource Teacher in a K-5 computer lab in Lexington, KY.
August/September 2004, Vol.35, No.1
