Tuesday – October 4, 2011 Mr. Lombardi

MrLombardi22@aol.com

Do Now: 1.If you were to look through someone’s garbage, what would it tell you about that person? 2.Why is it possible to draw conclusions about a person based on their garbage?

Aim: Why is archaeology an important tool in social studies?

Copy the following words/definitions into your notebook:

1. archaeology – The study of past human life and culture by the recovery and examination of artifacts.

2. artifacts – An object produced or shaped by human craft. 3. civilization – An advanced state of intellectual, cultural, and

material development in human society.4. social science – The study of human society and of

individual relationships in society.5. anthropology – The study of the origin, behavior, and the

physical, social, and cultural development of humans.6. historian – A writer, student, or scholar of history. One who

writes or compiles a chronological record of events.7. critical thinking – (reasoning) Using evidence and analyzing

different outcomes. Not basic recall.

The Tollund Man Murder Mystery!

We have breaking news!

A body has been found in a swamp. Police

are baffled.

The Police need your help

to solve this mystery.

What ‘W/H’ questions could we ask to find out what happened?

Use what you can see:

and what you can infer:

Scientific Report Scientific Report

• The heart and lungs were healthy when he died.

•The man had eaten a soup 12 hours before he died.

•The soup was made up of seeds from Spring.

•Plants trapped with his body have been found. They are 2,000 years old.

Information UpdateInformation Update

• Iron Age people buried their dead with neck rings as an offering to the Spring Goddess.

• German Tribes drowned cowards in swamps under sticks.

• The German tribes used to sacrifice slaves to the goddess of Spring.

Have these facts changed

Have these facts changed

your opinion?

your opinion?

So what do you think really

happened?

Imagine it is the year 3011 and you have come across this rare artifact. What clues would it

give you about the civilization it is from?

Summary• What other artifacts could give future

archaeologists clues about our civilization?

• What kind of clues would each artifact give?

• Why would each artifact give these clues?

• Why is archaeology an important tool in social studies?

How can we use critical thinking to make discoveries about history?

Use Critical Thinking…• What are the skills of a social

scientist?• Why would a social scientist

need to have these skills?