Activities
Here you will find links to activities from various archaeological based resources. These activities are taken directly from their source and their intended purpose is to be used in the classroom.
Organization: Getty ArtsEdNet
Description: An activity section where college-age students will learn about the properties of building materials from the earth.
Age group or class level: College Students/Teachers
Organization: Getty ArtsEdNet
Description: This activity sheds light onto what conservationists need to consider when attempting to conserve an archaeological site, what the specific problems are and how to structure a response to the problems.
Age group or class level: College students/ Teachers
Physical Strategies-Non Structural Interventions Non Fabric Interventions [PDF]
Organization: Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center
Descrition: A graphical and mathematical activity looking at the comparison between resources a certain environment can sustain, otherwise known as its carrying capacity, over time.
Age group or class level: Grades 6-8
Organization: Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center
Descrption: An activity looking at the use of large mammals versus small mammals for the original inhabitants of the New World, shown visually on a map.
Age group or class level: Grades 6-8
Organization: Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center
Description: A mathematical exercise, using Excel spreadsheets, in determining the size, diameter and what was located in earthen mounds found spread throughout the state of Wisconsin.
Age group or class level: Grades 3-12
Organization: Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center
Description: An activity about how the population dynamics of the New World functioned.
Age group or class level: Middle school age students
Peopling the New World-An Archaeological Exercise in Excel [PDF]
Organization: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Description: An activity workbook for teachers to assist students in grades 3-5 to learn about the Chumash people.
Age group or class level: Grades 3-5
Organization: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Description: A 64-page activity booklet for teachers which goes through the Earth Mobile lesson plan.
Age group or class level: Grades 3-5
Organization: Pics4Learning
Description: Students learn about the cultures of ancient civilizations. This is accomplished by having students research an ancient culture and create a news broadcast on how geography affected daily life of the culture.
Age group or class level: Grades 6-10
Organization: Simon Fraser University (BC) Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Description: An activity about how to do archaeology legally in the classroom and the potential consequences of breaking cultural heritage laws.
Age group or class level: Grades K-8