Archaeology

Spine:

• Story of the World, Volume 1 (The Ancients), Introduction
  
  • *What is History?
    
  • *What is Archaeology?
  
  

Narrations:

Archaeology (7/16/07)

Scientists collect things underground. They find arrowheads, spear points, skeletons, and human skeletons. They try to figure out what it is and then put it into a museum.

They wear hats so they don't burn in the sun because they work in the hot sun all day long. At the museum they try to figure out what goes where because some of it is broken.

Archaeologists also find buildings and wood pieces that burned in a fire. And that's it.

Illustrations:
copied from photo, page 32, in Art and Archaeology by Shirley Glubok.

"This archaeologist is using a periscope to look for artifacts in an unopened tomb."

Most useful library books:

• The Magic School Bus Shows and Tells: A Book About Archaeology by Scholastic
  
• Archaeologists Dig for Clues by Kate Duke
  
• Archaeology for Kids: Uncovering the Mysteries of Our Past, 25 Activities by Richard Panchyk (good book with activities that would be interesting to many varying ages - but we didn't do any of them)
  
• Art and Archaeology by Shirley Glubok (the reading isn't exactly age-appropriate, but the pictures are great)
  

Activities:

• archaeological dig in playground
  
• finding and documenting pottery artifact in our backyard