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Smithsonian
Education - Decoding
the Past has lesson plans and activities to teach students from 3rd
– 8th grade about the work of archaeologists. There are also
many other subjects such as history, technology, and our voting system
– all with well planned out lessons and activities.
smithsonianeducation.org/educators/
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Arkansas
Archeological Survey
uark.edu/campus-resources/archinfo/resources.htmlOne
of the models used to form the Florida Public Archaeology Network,
this site offers education resources such as downloadable teacher
resources and handouts – much of which is easily adaptable to
teach Florida’s past. Several handouts relate to archaeological
concepts. |
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El
Camino lesson plans from the SRI Foundation
srifoundation.org/library.html
The Grand Adventure is a downloadable program that teaches about New
Mexico from Spanish exploration to present. They are available in
English or Spanish. |
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Legacy
at the Center for Archaeological Research, San Antonio, Texas
car.utsa.edu/Legacy/Legacy_home_version2.htm
This site has vocabulary and activities listed by grade level. It
also speaks to the curriculum requirements met by lesson plans for
the state of Texas. |
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Louisiana
Division of Archaeology
crt.state.la.us/archaeology/homepage/activity_booklets.shtml
You will find downloadable lesson plans, activities, and overheads
on this website. You can order publications from the Louisiana Division
of Archaeology that they will mail you for free. Poverty Point Expeditions
is an activity book written by a teacher to enhance learning of the
Poverty Point archaeological site. Although these activities are site-based,
they can be used away from this context to teach general archaeological
concepts. There is also a publication called Classroom Archaeology
that has lesson plans and games. |
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Athena
Review http://www.athenapub.com
Journal of archaeology, history, and exploration geared toward both
professional and student audiences. They have full versions of back
issues online and free. |
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Anthropology
in the News anthropology.tamu.edu/news.htm
Texas A&M’s Department of Anthropology keeps a web page
that has links to current stories involving anthropology or archaeology.
These links lead to full version articles available online, however
some of the sites do ask the user to register. |
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ArchNet
archnet.asu.edu/ ArchNet
is a virtual library of archaeological information. Searches can be
done by subject or region. |
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Musee
musee-online.org/
This
site has a searchable database of the world’s museums, with
links to webpages if available. |
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PBS.com
pbs.org/teachersource
This website has over 3,000 lesson plans as well as video clips for
all ages and grades. |
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Architecture
in Education aiaphila.org/aie
Classroom activities to teach students about the built environment
can be found here |
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Teaching
With Documents archives.gov/education/lessons
This site from the National Archives has lesson plans that focus on
collecting information from primary sources |
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SAFE
– Saving Antiquities for Everyone, http://www.savingantiquities.org/index.php |
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