Archaeology

Today was our archaeology dig. Each team had a quadrant to dig in, and many young archaeologists brought in tools and gloves to do so. The goal was to allow the fifth graders to understand that much of our history is based on what is discovered from ancient civilizations and we don't always have a complete picture. Each team, upon discovering and artifact had to record where it was found in the quadrant and then photograph the artifact. Once returning to the classroom students worked as a team to complete an archaeology dig report, where they analyzed the artifacts and the civilization(s) they came from. Groups who found limited artifacts had less "clues" in understanding their civilization(s).