Archaeology Lesson Plan

Homeschool Teacher - Lesson Plan & NewsletterAugust 7, 2008


History

On this day in 1903, anthropologist and archaeologist, Louis Leakey was born. Learn more about archaeology here: http://www.pastexplorers.org.uk/fun/archaeology and here: http://www.kidsdigreed.com/discovery.asp



Reading

Read more about archaeology here: http://www.astarte.com.au/html/still_digging.html
Then answer the following questions:

1. To run a medium size excavation, the archaeologist would require how many staff members?
2. Trenches may vary in size from _____ to _____.
3. What is stratigraphy?

Spelling

Have fun with this word search: http://www.kidsdigreed.com/games.asp


Writing Prompt

Look at these pictures of a dinosaur dig : http://www.dinosaursafaris.com/welcome.html
Then write a story pretending you were on the dig.

Science

Try your hand at archaeology here: http://www.astarte.com.au/ThisIsArch.pdf


Don’t Forget the Math Challenge!

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