The extension of technology in current society has encouraged teachers to introduce products based on VR and IVR in their classrooms, especially video games. In this paper the specific role of video games in cultural heritage and history teaching is analyzed. Moreover, the results of recent research on the application of video games in Secondary…

A summer camp for gifted youth (13-16 years old) featured two field archaeology sessions in which students participated in excavation and field trips to nearby archaeological sites along with traditional camp activities. (CL)

Eight secondary seniors participated in an archaeological excavation, an experience in confluent learning, that is, an attempt to duplicate real life in the context of an education discipline. The three week experience gave the students an exciting sense of history, archaeological skills, and a feeling of camaraderie among new friends. (JH)

Provides an example of how archaeologists might conduct a hypothetical research program to illustrate how specific types of data are generated and then used to interpret prehistoric culture systems. A brief review of the historical development of American archaeology is also provided. (JN)

Describes the methods, objectives, and benefits of both a simulated and a genuine archaeological dig planned and carried out by an archaeology class at the Morris Central High School in Morris, New York. (MBR)

Industrial archaeology, a new branch of history that promotes an understanding of the industrial past by focusing on its physical remains and by combining the insights of field work and more traditional historical research, holds enormous potential for expanding historical consciousness and for linking history to a wider curriculum. (RM)

Author states environmental archaeology involves reconstructing past environmental conditions from archaeological evidence, allowing development of earlier human societies to be understood in relation to factors such as their food supplies, state of health, etc. This article illustrates links between archeological and environmental evidence, and…

Describes the results of an archaeological dig of a 2000-year-old Woodland Period Indian village. Goes on to include quotes regarding Indians from early colonial inhabitants in an attempt to blend ethnohistorical evidence of Indian trade and wars with archaeological evidence gained from the dig. (JDH)

Offers suggestions for using archaelogical techniques to study human skeletons in the classroom. They include determining the skeleton's sex, race, age at death, and stature. (JN)

Lullingstone, in Kent, England, is a Roman villa which was in use for almost the whole period of the Roman occupation of Britain during the fourth century A.D. Throughout this teacher's handbook, emphasis is placed on the archaeological evidence for conclusions about the use of the site, and there are suggested activities to help students…

Archaeology is the most integrated discipline that combines such diverse fields as anthropology, geology, biology, history, and art among others. Describes Project Archaeology's "Intrigue of the Past" teachers' activity guide, the objective of which is to educate students to take responsible and thoughtful actions towards their…

This book includes a student edition by the same name and introduces students to various civilizations and their achievements. The self-directed activities emphasize higher-level thinking skills and activities keyed to "Bloom's Taxonomy." The table of contents lists: (1) "What Is Archaeology?"; (2) "What Is Culture?"; (3) "Where to Dig"; (4)…

Argues that the concept of special creation deserves fair and equal treatment as opposed to evolution as a viable, competing scientific model of origins. Cites findings from archaeology, geology and other sciences to support the claims. (CP)

Describes an elective anthropology course of eighth grade students taught in 1974-75 and 1975-76. The course was offered as part of the science rather than social studies program, and emphasized physical anthropology and archaeology with laboratory and field methods. The content was within the grasp of motivated average and above average eighth…

Describes a method to help students become participants in historical analysis rather than observers of ancient history. Mesopotamia is used as a case study of a culture for which opportunities exist for conjecture, hypothesis formation, research, extrapolation, problem solving, and statements of causality. (Author/DB)