Interactive
In this category there are resources which lead directly to either interactive websites, videos or other new interactive interfaces the user(s) can become engaged with archaeological based material.
Organization: Adventure Learning Foundation
Description: Through teacher-guided discussion and hands-on activities, students will explore how various cultures have contributed to making the United States the unique and diverse country that it is today.
Age group or class level: Grades 3-4
Organization: Alaska State Museum
Description: An interactive website behind the history of the gold rush in Alaska, including the discovery of gold in the area, the daily life of miners mining the gold and the legacy of the time period on Alaska.
Age group or class level: Teachers
Organization: Alaska State Museums
Description: In this 7-minute video, Kay Field Parker, master weaver from Juneau, Alaska, demonstrates two-strand twining with materials exaggerated in size and scale to help students clearly understand and see the technique. Please be aware that there is no audio to this video.
Age group or class level: Grades K-12
Organization: Family Education Networks
Description: An interactive page with a drop–down box and an interactive map of American Indian archaeological sites located in the United States, along with description blurbs about each site.
Age group or class level: Grades K-12
Organization: Family Education Networks
Description: A webpage with 3 separate videos describing the history of the Thanksgiving holiday, one applicable for grades K-5, one applicable for grades 6-8 and the last one applicable for grades 9-12.
Age group or class level: K-12
Organization: Family Education Networks
Description: Are you just starting out as a teacher, or are you a veteran teacher who needs to shake up her routine? Find the top things every teacher (new and seasoned) needs in her classroom in this slideshow of tips, articles, and resources
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Organization: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Description: An interactive website with resources designed to support the integration of Asian art and voices into a curriculum.
Age group or class level: All grades/class levels
Organization: Mount Vernon
Description: A 10:25 video which goes into the archaeology related to the enslavement of African-American people at Mount Vernon.
Age group or class level: Middle School age students on up
The Archaeology of Enslavement (Video)
Organization: National Endowment for the Humanities: Edsitement
Description: A page with links to student activities relating to anthropology and archaeology.
Age group or class level: Grades K-12
Organization: National Geographic
Description: Students identify major languages spoken within the americas, map them, and discuss the relationship between the distribution of languages and the colonial history of the countries
Age group or class level: Ages 8-11, Grades 3-5