AIA Classroom Excavation Projects

Conducting an archaeological dig is messy, but it offers fun, mystery, and kinesthetic learning that applies to many academic contexts and subjects. Digs can illuminate the problems all researchers confront when they must draw conclusions on the basis of insufficient evidence. They can help teachers reveal how cultures have changed through time. Through observation and inference, students learn invaluable interpretive skills in a hands-on context, while having fun and solving a problem. This video explains the projects and complements the detailed Lesson Plans available (free) as pdf downloads on our website.
http://www.archaeological.org/lessonplans
AIA video by Mel Metcalfe.

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Education

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• archaeology
• lessons
• teacher
• resources

[tsetsoni]

If only we had such teaching methods here... But working on the real archaeological site is much more useful!!