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ARCHAEOLOGY
Listed below are selected teaching resources from BLM national, state, and field offices, listed alphabetically by title.
- To find items for more general audiences, see our Archaeology listing under Students and Explorers.
- To find listings organized by states, visit Programs in Your Area.
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An Excavation Investigation Anasazi Heritage Center Anasazi Heritage Center Planning a School Group Visit Anasazi Heritage Center Resources for Educators Artifacts in Context Artifacts of the Future; Experimental Archaeology BLM Colorado's Anasazi Heritage Center BLM Utah's Intrigue of the Past Chronology and Historical Records Classifying Objects Dankworth Village Outdoor Classroom El Camino Real: Our Common Legacy Environmental Technology is an Ancient Science Escalante Pueblo Curriculum Exploring Oregon's Past: A Teacher' s Activity Guide Intrigue of the Past Mystery of the Mesa: A Science Detective Story People in the Past Planning a Class Visit to Anasazi Heritage Center Prehistoric Central Nevada: Toquima Cave Project Archaeology Resource Explorer Jim Goodbar Resource Explorer Mike Bies Resource Explorer Mike Kunz Resources for Teachers from Anasazi Heritage Center Science in Process: Discovering the Past at Santa Cruz Teacher Resources-Archaeology The Colorado Plateau: High, Wide & Windswept The Road They Traveled The Utah Canyons Rock Art Project prehistoric rock art. Traveling Exhibits from Anasazi Heritage Center Utah Canyons Rock Art Project What a Coin Can Tell Us
A "Mammoth Alliance" for the BLM-Kanab District
2000 BLM Environmental Education feature
Describes student involvement in an excavation of a Columbian mammoth and associated archaeological studies in southern Utah.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/2000/ut/index.html
Science & Children, April 1992, posterback
Students determine the function of various excavation units based on objects, clues and facts provided.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/science_in_process/posterback.html
Museum home page
Home page for BLM's Anasazi Heritage Center, a museum of the Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) culture and other Native cultures in the Four Corners region; located in Dolores, CO.
http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/index.htm
Museum programs
Information on planning a school group visit to Colorado's Anasazi Heritage Center in Dolores, CO.
http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/visit.htm
state page
Information on a variety of education resources available from Anasazi Heritage Center, including lesson plans, artifact kits, traveling exhibits, and information on planning field trips
http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/teach.htm
Science & Children, April 1992, 28 - 29
Three activities illustrate the importance of context and site mapping in studying archaeological clues and artifacts.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/science_in_process/article.html
Classroom Activities from Science & Children, October 1993 p. 39
Students describe today's objects as future artifacts and replicate ancient artifacts and draw conclusions in these two classroom activities.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/mystery_of_the_mesa/classroom.html
1998 BLM Environmental Education feature
Describes "People in the Past," an educational CD ROM introduction to Lowry Pueblo National Historic Site and its 12th-century occupants.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/1998/co/feature.html
1997 BLM Environmental Education feature.
Describes archaeology program that teaches teachers how to integrate archaeology into classroom lessons in science and social studies.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/feature11.html
Science & Children, April 1992, 31 - 32
Chronology of archaeological data; use and accuracy of historical records explored in these activities.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/science_in_process/article.html
Science & Children, April 1992, 29 - 30
Three classification activities; students organize familiar objects into categories, sort and classify pottery sherds, answer questions.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/science_in_process/article.html
Outdoor education program
Information on cooperative education programs at this prehistoric site near Safford, Arizona. For more information, contact BLM field office, Safford, AZ.
http://www.az.blm.gov/sfo/dankworth.htm
1997 BLM Environmental Education feature
Describes El Camino Real International Heritage Center and the historic trail extending 1,800 miles from Mexico City into New Mexico.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/feature9.html
Based on Science & Children article, May 1993 pp. 21 - 28
Explains ancient methods of adapting to dry climates employed by a thriving agricultural community along the Rio Ojo Caliente in New Mexico 500 years ago. Includes poster and classroom activities.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/hupobi/index.html
lesson plans and activities
Ten experience-based lesson plans and activities to help plan educational visits to the Anasazi Heritage Center or Canyons of the Ancients National Monument.
http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/epc.htm
Teaching Guide
Teacher guide to introducing students to the natural and cultural heritage of Oregon. Includes introduction, sample lesson on Rock Art and contact information.
http://www.or.blm.gov/EE/ExploringMain/explorin.htm
Workshop information
Describes Utah archaeology education program for 4th through 12th grades; information on workshops, activity guides, correlations.
http://www.ut.blm.gov/intrigue/intrigueintro.html
Based on Science & Children article, October 1993
Scientists study ancient clues to piece together story of a people who lived nearly 12,000 years ago in northern Alaska. Includes classroom activities and a poster.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/mystery_of_the_mesa/index.html
Exhibit and CD-ROM
Multimedia exhibit and CD-ROM on the ancient Puebloan (Anasazi) farmers of southwest Colorado; includes online activities.
http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/pip/index.html
Anasazi Heritage Center field trips
Short tours and other education programs at Anasazi Heritage Center; includes correlations to state standards.
http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/visit.htm
2001 BLM Environmental Education feature
Describes field trips offered to this Nevada cave, offering lessons in prehistoric people, pictographs, prehistoric weapons, and geology. For more information, contact BLM field office, Battle Mountain, NV.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/2001/nv/index.html
Heritage education program
Heritage education program to build awareness of cultural resources; includes activity guide and teacher workshops
http://www.blm.gov/heritage/project_archaeology.htm
website
BLM cave specialist shares adventures and knowledge from New Mexico's Endless Cave.
http://www.blm.gov/education/expert/3/index.html
website
BLM archaeologist describes cultural resource "detective work" in Wind River Basin, Wyoming.
http://www.blm.gov/education/expert/2/index.html
website
BLM archaeologist describes work at northern Alaska mesa site and answers questions.
http://www.blm.gov/education/expert/1/index.html
Museum educators page
Educational materials from Anasazi Heritage Center.
http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/teach.htm
Science & Children, April 1992, 25 - 32
18th Century Spanish fort in Arizona reveals merging technologies of Native Americans and Europeans. Includes activities and poster.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/science_in_process/index.html
state web page
Information on publications, displays, and speakers available from BLM Oregon on archaeology.
http://www.or.blm.gov/salem/html/archaeology/teachres.htm
Based on Science & Children article, March 1999
This article describes the Colorado Plateau ecosystem, including geologic processes that created its many mesas, buttes arches, and other unique features and the diversity of plants and animals adapted to the high and dry environment.
http://www.blm.gov/education/colplateau/index.html
Classroom Activities from Science & Children, October 1993 p. 38
Students learn about Beringia, the ancient land bridge connecting Asia and North America, and hypothesize other possible prehistoric routes.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/mystery_of_the_mesa/classroom.html
1999 BLM Environmental Education feature
Describes Earthwatch program that places volunteers, many of them schoolteachers, in Utah canyons to document
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/1999/ut/index.html
Traveling exhibits
Interpretive exhibits on scientific and historic topics available for loan from Anasazi Heritage Center.
http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/trexbt.htm
volunteer program
Volunteers, including teachers, document rock art and learn about the desert environment around Moab in ongoing Earthwatch Project.
http://www.ut.blm.gov/enviroed/enviroedrockart.html
Science & Children, April 1992, p.29
Set of activities on the study of coins (numismatics) and techniques for learning about the past through coins.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/science_in_process/article.html