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Part of the History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers.
We tend to look at ourselves and others in our culture (and to other cultures) with a lens that has been twisted and warped by our limited experience and education. The resources available in the sites below should help teachers think and plan on how they can use the global resources of the Internet to make sure that their charges have access to information about the varieties of cultures -- both past and present (See also the "Diversity" sites from the Main Menu). These sites are a start and need the input and feedback from others. Please send your suggestions by E-mail to dboals@execpc.com. |
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In the near future -- Visits to the Tomb of Tiberius and the Museo Archeologico in Naples will make over 20 MEGs of graphics available to K-16 visitors to this page. Many of these graphics -- especially those from the Museo Archeologico -- will augment those taken earlier in Pompeii.
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The Oriental Institute recently reopened the Egyptian Exhibit and the new web site is well worth a visit.
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World History students (especially Middle and Secondary) might visit the course site information included in the Introduction to Archaeology (ANTH 110/310). Point students in the direction of the information on the origins of agriculture, especially the lifestyle description of hunter-gatherers. The American Indian Ethnobotany Database Page provides students with a search tool to locate foods, drugs, dyes, fibers and other uses of plants (a total of over 47,000 items) by 291 Native American groups. Finally, a visit to Native American Herbal, Plant Knowledge with an assignment to explore and evaluate the extent of achievement in this area. If you plan a field trip in this unit or assign students to collect edible/useful plants or herbs, send them to Chez Marco's Botany Pages. prior to venturing out.. Although designed as a guide for field workers in botony and environmental science, this page could also be used by students and teachers in world history. Units on early man and the development of agriculture could be enriched by visits to the electronic sites on native plants and herbs. For a more "global" approach, visitWorld Food Habits Bibliography. |
Students would also learn how the field of history is enriched by the Anthropologist, the ethnobiologist and other scientists. Simple materials collected in a field exercise could be brought into the classroom. I have assigned students to collect rose hips to dry and prepare as a Vitimin "C" drink, or have them collect and assemble a database of information about "free" edible plants used by their parents/grand-parents. If you assign students to do a complete review of the "Botony" site, have them view the visual site map (after all other items on the main menu have been examined) as a lead-in to a lesson on concept mapping. As a final activity (evaluation??) you might have students attack the use of the term "primitive" that was often associated with early man. Processing skill might also be encourage by a discussion of why student researchers often have more questions after a unit of study than at the start. In teaching such units, I have discovered that several issues are often raised: Who did what in pre-agricultural societies - specialization, division of labor and gender issues. How was the vast and growing knowledge preserved and passed on to the next generation? Why would societies that were "expert" at food collecting turn to agriculture, as collecting often takes less time and requires less labor? |
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Guide to Higher Education in Historical and Underwater Archaeology. See the sections on Underwater Archaeology Active links to: Bozburun Shipwreck Excavation Project, The Bronze-Age Wreck at Uluburun, Crimean Coastal Survey, The Port Royal Project, Medieval Tombs, Knights Castle, Bodrum, Turkey and the Tantura Lagoon Expedition. Information on the Wreck Site,including an Interactive Site Map and Representative Artifacts. Other site features involve Historical Research and Comparative Analysis and links to St. Vincent and the Grenadines and to other Nautical Archaeology and Maritime History sites. An excellent listing of information and sites. Information on the underwater excavations in the Harbour of Alexandria, Egypt, which led to the discovery of the sunken ancient Royal Quarters of Cleopatra and the underwater remains of Napoleon Bonaparte's fleet in Aboukir Bay (Egypt). Increase and Diffusion (Smithsonian Magazine) on underwater archaeology. "Ancient City Of Alexandria Explored! Learn about the historical and cultural significance of the excavations in Alexandria; Get details about artifacts found at the sites ranging from remains of foodstuffs to ceramics and jewelry; Send online postcards featuring these exciting underwater discoveries..." Includes an great listing of links and resources in underwater Archaeology, especially Great Lakes Shipwreck Sites. Channel Islands Marine Archaeology Resources. Pan-American Institute for Maritime Archaeology. See the Monte Cristi Shipwreck Project (Also known as the Pipe Wreck). Help excavate a 17th-century shipwreck in the tropics.
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Production and trade of metals in Antiquity with a focus on archaeometallurgical research in Catalonia (Spain). On the reduction of iron ore. Information on a thousand-year-old technology which has now disappeared. Students and teachers interested in more information on this area should visit Archaeometallurgy.com. Includes WWW Resources for Archaeometallurgy.
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Last revised March 4, 2001 |