Ancient Civilizations
By Viona Van Hoose
Introduction
Standards
Objectives
Activities
Assessment
Results
Resources
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Introduction 
  • This lesson will allow students to research artifacts from ancient civilizations.  Students will act as museum curators to gather artifcats to display essential aspects of each ancient civilization. (View PowerPoint introduction)
  • Subject:  Social Studies
  • Topic: Ancient Civilizations Artifacts Search
  • Grade Level: 6
  • Student Lesson name and URL: 
  • ctap295.ctaponline.org/~vvanhoo/student/
    • Standards Addressed
    Sixth Grade
    Reading:  Ancient Civilizations
    Structural Features of Informational Materials
    2.1 Identify the structural features of popular media (e.g., newspapers, magazines, online
    information) and use the features to obtain information.
    2.4 Clarify an understanding of texts by creating outlines, logical notes, summaries, or reports.

    WRITING
    Research and Technology
    1.4 Use organizational features of electronic text (e.g., bulletin boards, databases, keyword
    searches, e-mail addresses) to locate information.
    1.5 Compose documents with appropriate formatting by using word-processing skills and
    principles of design (e.g., margins, tabs, spacing, columns, page orientation).
    Evaluation and Revision
    1.6 Revise writing to improve the organization and consistency of ideas within and between paragraphs.
     

     
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    Instructional Objectives
  • Students will identify elements of culture.
  • Students will analyse information for each catagory.
  • Students will collect artifacts pertinent to each element of culture.
  • Students will catagorize and appraise collection for a virtual museum.
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    Student Activities
    Students will begin with a pretest to reveal their prior knowledge of the elements of culture.  After the pretest, students will be given the information they need about each element that were missed.

    An in-class hands-on activity will follow to allow students to experience an archeologist's task to determine and classify artifacts.

    Next, through browsing the hotlist of internet sites provided in this lesson,  students will gather at least one artifact for each element of culture for a particular ancient civilization. 

    Finally, for each artifact collected, students will describe it and relate its relevance to the element of culture.  These artifacts will become exhibits for our virtual museum. 
     

    Introductory Activity

    1.)  Administer the PRE-TEST.

    2.)  Students are given a study guide of the elements of a culture.  In small groups of 3 or 4,  students are given a number of objects or pictures of objects that are not familiar to them. Students are asked to identify each object and classify them according to its use in a culture.  Time is given for discussion.

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    Continuing Activities
    Students, in groups of 3 or 4, will be assigned one of the ancient civilizations to research.  Each group will use the internet website hotlist to explore and search for at least one artifact for each element of culture. (Education, Economy, Government, Sociology, Achievements)
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    Culminating Activity
    Students will create a classroom museum of artifacts from ancient civilizations.  Each group will present their artifacts to the class.
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    Assessment
    Assignment Rubric
    . TASK Nice Job Could have done better
    Artifacts correspond correctly to the civilization assigned.
    Each element of culture has an artifact. 
    Artifacts are accurately labeled to an element of culture.
    A variety of artifacts has been collected.
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    Results
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    Web Resources & Supplementary Materials
     

    Enabling Activity
    Daily life in ancient civilizations
    http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/indexlife.html#GREECE
     
     
      



     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

    Jefferson Middle School
    823 Acacia, Oceanside, CA 92054
    Viona Van Hoose   tchvlvh@yahoo.com
    Last Revised: 04/28/2001