Project Archaeology is a comprehensive archaeology and

heritage education program for anyone interested in

learning or teaching about our nation’s rich cultural

legacy and protecting it for future generations to learn from and enjoy.

Mission

Project Archaeology uses archaeological inquiry to foster

understanding of past and present cultures; to improve science and social studies education; and to

enhance citizenship education to help preserve our shared archaeological legacy.

Project Archaeology Network

Workshop OutcomesParticipate as a learner in selected sections of Project Archaeology: Investigating Shelter Learn about the interdisciplinary nature of archaeology Explore how scientific inquiry and culture are integrated in archaeology; andPrepare to teach Project Archaeology in your classroom.

Teaching an inquiry-based archaeology curriculum

The Sage on the Stagevs.

The Guide on the Side

Thinking Like an Archaeologist

Inquiry through the lens of archaeology.

Project Archaeology: Investigating Shelter

Investigating the PoplarForest Slave Cabin

Investigating Shelter Database

Kingsley Plantation (Florida, Georgia)The Basin House (Colorado, Wyoming, Utah)Northwest Coast Plank House (Alaska, Washington)Great Basin Wickiup (Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California)Colonial Earthfast House (Maryland, Virginia, US History)Tinsley Historic Farmhouse (Montana)Poplar Forest Slave Cabin (Virginia, US History)Rock Shelter (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming)Plains Tipi (Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota)Pawnee Earthlodge (Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri)

Curriculum Development Model:

Understanding by Design

Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe 1998 and 2005

The Structure of Investigating Shelter

Understanding by Design:The Basics

Enduring Understandings – what do you want students to remember 20 years from now?Essential Questions – questions that guide the uncoverage of knowledgeAssessment – Evidence of understanding. How do you know students understand?Plan learning events and activities – based on essential questions

Enduring UnderstandingsUnderstanding the past is essential for understanding the present and shaping the future.Learning about cultures, past and present, is essential for living in a pluralistic society and world.Archaeology is a systematic way to learn about past cultures.Stewardship of archaeological sites and artifacts is everyone’s responsibility.

The Structure of Investigating Shelter

Unit OrganizationLesson Organization– Enduring Understanding– Essential Question– What Students Will Learn– What Students Will Do– Assessment– Materials– Background Information– Preparing to Teach– Procedure (Uncover Prior Knowledge,

Discover New Knowledge, Assessment, Reflect On New Knowledge)

– Assessment Procedure

Word BankMisconception

Alerts

The Learning Cycle

Lesson One: Knowing Shelter—Knowing

PeopleAll people need shelter, but shelters

are different from one another.Basic needsDetermine why shelters are different

Lesson One: Knowing Shelter—Knowing

People

Lesson Two:By Our Houses You Will Know

UsWe can learn about people by

exploring how they build and use their shelter.

Collect information (data) about their own homesAnalyze and graph the data

Lesson Two: By Our Houses You Will Know

UsWhat do you think, “By Our Houses You Will Know Us” means?If I were to visit your home tomorrow, what might I learn about you from the objects in your house?

Lesson Three:Culture Everywhere

Everyone has a culture and our lives are shaped by our culture in ways we

may not even see.

Show the different ways cultures meet basic human needs.

Conceptual Tools of Archaeology

Using the tools of scientific inquiry, archaeologists study

shelters and learn how people lived in them.

Lesson Four: Observation, Inference, and EvidenceLesson Five: ClassificationLesson Six: ContextLesson Seven: Every Picture Tells a Story

Lesson Four: Observation, Inference, and Evidence

Lesson Four: Observation, Inference, and Evidence

Is this an old house?How long ago did people live in this house?Which is a better question? Why?

Lesson Five: ClassificationUsing the tools of scientific inquiry, archaeologists study shelters and learn how people lived in them.

Lesson Six: ContextThink of a room and the distinctive objects found in that roomDraw the objects on the cards (1 object on each card)Pass the cards, removing one card each time the cards are passedInfer the use of the room for each group

Lesson Six: ContextThe Old Ghost Town Dilemma

Imagine you are visiting an old ghost town in a state park with your family. Several rock buildings are still partially intact. There is a large sign by the ruins saying, “These walls are very fragile! Do not take anything, and do not walk on, or go into the ruins.” You are eating your lunch when a family arrives and ignores the sign. Kids are walking on top of the ruins and are picking up glass fragments and old nails and putting them in their pockets.

What do you do? Would you respond in any of the following ways? You might choose more than one answer. Think about what you have learned about context as you choose your answer.

Ask the family politely if they have read the sign.Ignore them; it is really none of your business.Tell them they are damaging an archaeological site.Tell them they are breaking the law.Say nothing and go to the Park Headquarters to find a ranger and report them.Other

Assessment – Lesson 4,5, & 6

Context AssessmentDirections:Here are three drawings of the same artifact from an archaeological site.1. Put a over the picture that would tell you the least about the

person who used this room.2. Put a * under the picture that would tell you something about the

person who used this room.3. Put an X under the picture that would tell you the most about the

person who uses this room. 4. Why can you learn more about X than ?

______________ _______________ _________________

What different kinds of scenes, events, animals, and/or people do you capture in your photographs?Why do you and/or your family take photographs? Do you save your photographs? Why or why not?Do photographs tell a story? Can we learn something about you from photographs?

Lesson Seven: Every Picture Tells a Story

Lesson Seven: Every Picture Tells a Story

Lesson Seven: Every Picture Tells a Story

Lesson Eight:Being an Archaeologist

Studying a shelter can help us understand people and cultures.

Conduct a complete archaeological investigation using authentic dataObserve, infer, and use evidenceInterpret data and make inferencesRead site maps and place data in spatial context

Investigating the Poplar Forest Slave Cabin

What can we learn about the history and lives of enslaved people by investigating a log cabin?

Lesson Eight: Being an Archaeologist

The investigation is divided into 2 sections:– STUDENTS: Archaeology Notebook. – TEACHERS: Instructions for Teachers. The investigation is divided into 4 parts:– Introduces Mr. Jefferson– History of slave cabins– Artifacts and Quadrant maps– Connecting the past and present

Part One: Meet Mr. Jefferson

Part One: Geography

Part Two: History

Part Two: History

1774 Entry 1805 Entry

Part Three: Archaeology of the Poplar Forest Slave Cabin

Just as human feet leave afootprint, shelters also a leave a “footprint.”

Archaeological Map

Classify Artifacts & Make Inferences

Part Three: Reading the Dirt

Artifact Density Map Calcium Density Map

Part Four: The Slave Cabin Today

Lesson Nine:Stewardship Is Everyone’s

ResponsibilityStewardship of archaeological sites

and artifacts is everyone’s responsibility.

Evaluate lawsEvaluate guidelines for visiting archaeological sites

Lesson Nine: Stewardship Is Everyone’s Responsibility

Lesson Nine: Stewardship Is Everyone’s Responsibility

Final Performance of Understanding: Archaeology

Under Your Feet!Debate preservation of an African American site from four different perspectives.

Final Performance of Understanding: Archaeology

Under Your Feet!City Council meeting– No interrupting– Be brief and to the

point– Speeches should

not exceed 2 minutes

Each group presentsGroups may respond after everyone presents

Teaching Scientific Inquiry and Culture

Understanding through ArchaeologyRevisiting the Enduring

Understandings

You are now a member of the Project Archaeology

network!