Crossroads of Culture - Creation and Cosmos - Fall 2003


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Crossroads of Culture: Celebrating Our New Creation and Cosmos Exhibit Area Crossroads of Culture Fall 2003 Celebrating Our New Creation and Cosmos Exhibit Area: How Do Ancient People Speak for Themselves? A topical newsletter for social studies teachers in grades 4-8 Distributed three times each school year (fall-winter-spring) by the Institute of Texan Cultures. "Archaeologists attempt to recover the lives of ancient people from the bits and pieces they left behind-a broken plate discarded in a midden or an ancestor reverently placed in a shallow grave." Shirley Mock, Ph.D. Print a copy of this issue "An Archaeologist in Your Room" Lesson Plans A Glossary of Archaeological Terms handout An Annotated Webliography of Archaeology on the Internet A Webliography of Native American Sites: Folktales, Culture, Contemporary Issues (such as sports mascots) Student Pages: Animal Effigy Pots Grid, a word-search utilizing grid skills and knowledge of map directions Student Page: "Create Your Own Word Search Puzzle" Activity Page Link to ITC's Education pages; student and teacher resources and activities on a variety of topics Schedule a videoconference on Archaeology for your class! How can I use these materials to support the Social Studies TEKS for my class? Grade 4 (in .pdf format) Grade 5 (in .pdf format) Grade 6 (in .pdf format) Grade 7 (in .pdf format) Grade 8 (in .pdf format) Most of the hyperlinks on this page launch Portable Document File (.pdf) format pages. Adobe Acrobat is required, and is availabe for free by clicking the "Get Adobe Reader" icon.
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