Archaeology Lesson: Artifact for 21st Century Education

Archaeology Lesson:  Artifact for 21st Century Education

Summary of the Project:
 
Students working collaboratively on a mini-archaeology dig to locate and identify artifacts, create hypotheses about the objects and what information they tell us about a society,  and research past artifacts to determine if their hypotheses were correct.  Students had to use collaboration when working on the dig, when creating their hypotheses, when measuring the artifacts, and when forming conclusions.  Additionally, students had to use critical thinking when formulating theories, researching and reviewing data online, assessing their ideas, analyzing and comparing their hypotheses with archaeology studies online, and when justifying their hypotheses (and proving them) with the artifact data they discovered online, and forming conclusions.