Lesson Overview
Students become archaeologists for a day, creating scaled drawings of a mock excavation unit to document its features and artifacts. Through this activity, they explore the importance of accurate documentation in archaeology and the benefits of new technologies like photogrammetry.
Essential Question
How can archaeologists use careful documentation techniques, including traditional methods like scaled drawings and modern technologies like photogrammetry, to accurately record and interpret the past based on the material remains left behind?
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Other Instructional Materials or Notes:
6, 7
Materials
• Multiple different colored sheets of craft paper
• Markers
• Pencils
• Small, ordinary household objects or cut out images of historic / prehistoric artifacts
• Graph Paper
• Measuring tapes or folding rulers
• Compass
• Digital Cameras (Optional)
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Log In to View LessonStandards
- 6.MGSR Measurement, Geometry, and Spatial Reasoning
- 7.MGSR Measurement, Geometry, and Spatial Reasoning
- 7.5.1.PR Identify select North American physical systems and human characteristics of places.
- 7.5.6.AG Gather evidence and construct a map or model to investigate a significant contemporary cultural, economic, or political issue facing North America at the local, regional, or global scale.
- I Inquiry-Based Literacy Standards
- I.3 Construct knowledge, applying disciplinary concepts and tools, to build deeper understanding of the world through exploration, collaboration, and analysis.
- I.3.2 Examine historical, social, cultural, or political context to broaden inquiry.
- I.3.3 Gather information from a variety of primary and secondary sources and evaluate sources for perspective, validity, and bias.
- I.3.4 Organize and categorize important information, revise ideas, and report relevant findings.
- I.3 Construct knowledge, applying disciplinary concepts and tools, to build deeper understanding of the world through exploration, collaboration, and analysis.
- I Inquiry-Based Literacy Standards
- I.3 Construct knowledge, applying disciplinary concepts and tools, to build deeper understanding of the world through exploration, collaboration, and analysis.
- I.3.2 Examine historical, social, cultural, or political context to broaden inquiry.
- I.3.3 Gather information from a variety of primary and secondary sources and evaluate sources for perspective, validity, and bias.
- I.3.4 Organize and categorize important information, revise ideas, and report relevant findings.
- I.3 Construct knowledge, applying disciplinary concepts and tools, to build deeper understanding of the world through exploration, collaboration, and analysis.
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Lesson Partners: South Carolina Department of Natural Resources