Students conducted hands-on work with "artifacts." I prepared pillowcases filled with "artifacts"--some were themed (kitchen items, media-room items), others were a jumble of mixed household items. (One was filled with nothing but pet objects--students named it "The Doggie Bag.") Students worked in small groups to sketch and describe items, then infer the use. Inferences were also made about the people (or dogs) who had "left behind" the artifacts. This lesson was inspired and adapted from one posted on the Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center website (www.uwlax.edu/mvac/educators).
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AuthorMs. McGill is a public school librarian at Stony Point Elementary. She has previously taught all subjects in 4th & 5th grades, and creative nonfiction at UVa's Young Writers Workshop for nine summers. Categories |