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Loading... Digging into Southwest Archaeology (Ultimate Field Trip)by Susan E. Goodman
![]() None No current Talk conversations about this book. ![]() ![]() This book focuses on a group of 8th graders from Missouri who are visiting the Mesa Verde area of Colorado and learning about archaeology, Native Americans, and the history of the southwest. The narrative is framed via photographs of plants, buildings, pottery shards, and of the students. In addition the text is comprised of both historical fact and conversations with the students. One particularly interesting feature was the explanation of why the students must not remove items from where they found them. Not only would certain actions be disrespectful to Native American cultures, but it would also hinder archaeological research as multiple villages could have been build 100 feet from each other, and moving the artifact could make it harder to interpret the find. Throughout the book there are photos and text showing students how they would have lived as Pueblo in order to make a human connection between the ruins of the civilization, and the people who were the civilization. Helping the students make a personal connection to the history of the Pueblo is a main theme in the book, and reading about and seeing that connection could allow readers to begin to understand history that way as well. This book could easily be used in a classroom in grades 4-7 to put a face on American history rather that just stories. The use of photography allows students to know what the area looks like rather than what they create in their imagination. In addition it could be used in diversity units to help to provide a fuller picture of the Pueblo peoples. no reviews | add a review
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Can this Ultimate Field Trip solve the ultimate mystery? Ancestral Puebloan people lived in the Mesa Verde region of Colorado for over a thousand years, then suddenly moved away around A.D. 1300. join this group of eighth-grade students as they go on the Ultimate Field Trip and search for answers to this ancient mystery. The students help archaeologists digging in the ruins for clues. As they spend a week at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, they learn about life in the desert, and the history of the ancestral Puebloans. And the kids' study of archaeology leads them to the biggest question of all about the ancient Indians: What happened to them, and why did they disappear? No library descriptions found. |
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![]() GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)978.8History and Geography North America Western U.S. ColoradoLC ClassificationRatingAverage:![]()
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