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Artifacts 1: What Can We Learn From Artifacts? Lesson PlanArtifacts 1: What Can We Learn From Artifacts? Lesson Plan
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Artifacts 1: What Can We Learn From Artifacts?

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Sixth graders are introduced to artifacts and explore an online archaeological site to  connect clues about how people once lived. In this deductive reasoning lesson, 6th graders participate in the stratigraphy game on Kids Dig Reed.com and work to make connections between material evidence and culture. Students then brainstorm a list of artifacts from their civilization and choose artifacts that give archaeologists strong clues about physical traits and behaviors of the early 21st century peopl

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archaeological, artifact analysis, human organism, stratigrahpy, science
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Grade
6th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning
Year
2001
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