Lesson Plans
Below is a collection of lesson plans about cultural heritage and archaeology.
Organization: National Geographic
Description: An interactive lesson which makes students use maps to understand westward expansion, its impact on different groups of people, and think about the long term impact of westward expansion.
Age group or class level: Grades 7-12
Organization: National Park Service
Description: Park rangers, scientists, historians and other park professionals have prepared this list of materials that inspired them to learn about the parks - an ever growing library of titles you can suggest to your students. They provide additional resources to accompany your curriculum, and draw inspiration for future curriculum planning.
Age group or class level: Teachers/ Grades 5-12.
Organization: National Park Service
Description: Materials relating to history and archaeology for teachers to use in the classroom, designed for use in grades 3-12.
Age group or class level: Teachers/Grades 3-12
Organization: Peabody Fellows Biodiversity Institute
Description: A Teachers Guide to the Peabody Exhibit Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas which can be used without the exhibit.
Age group or class level: Grades 4-12
Organization: Roedde House
Description: An elementary-level curriculum guide for those who visit the Roedde House Museum.
Age group or class level: Elementary students
Windows to the Past (PDF)
Organizatin: San Diego Museum of Man
Description: A lesson plan based on the life style, religion and warfare of the Mayan people of central and parts of south america.
Age group or class level: Grades K-12
Anthropologist’s Journal: Maya Kings and Queens: Rituals and Responsibilities (PDF)
Organization: San Diego Museum of Man
Description: A series of readings and activities based on the Ancient Egyptians and the mummification process.
Age group or class level: Grades K-12
Anthropologist’s Journal: Mummification and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt (PDF)
Organization: San Diego Museum of Man
Description: A lesson plan based on physical anthropology science about the human species.
Age group or class level: Grades K-12
Anthropologist’s Journal: Walk This Way: Why Humans Walk on Two Legs (PDF)
Organization: San Diego Museum of Man
Description: A lesson plan exploring other cultures diets in comparison to our culture's diets.
Age group or class level: Grades K-12
Organization: Science NetLinks
Description: To determine what artifacts are, how they are discovered, and what information can be learned from them.
Age group or class level: Grades 3-5