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ArchaeologistForTheDayInvestigationSheet
Directions:Theyearis2316!YouareanarchaeologistfromthefuturethatiscomingbacktoEarth
(youliveinspace!)toinvestigateanancientsociety.Usethecluesfoundatthedifferentstationsto
helpyoupiecetogetherthestoryofwhatyouthinkthisancientsocietymayhavebeenlike.
Youwillrotatefromstationtostationwhentheteachertellsyouto.Ateachstation,youwillanalyze
thecluesanditemsfoundthereandusethosecluestohelpyouanswerthequestionsonthispaper.
Thenonceyouhavebeentoallofthestationsyouwilluseyourfindingstowriteashortsummary(1
paragraph)ofwhatyouthinkthisancientsocietywaslike.
Station1:ArchaeologicalDigSite
Directions:CAREFULLYdigintheboxtouncoverartifactsfromtheancientsociety.Writea
briefdescriptionofwhatyouvefoundandwhatyouthinktheartifactwasusedfor.
ItemFound:Description(whatisit?)
Whatyouthinkitwasusedfor
Station2:Fossils
Directions:CAREFULLYinspectthefossils.Whatdoyouthinkmadetheimprints?Animals,
insects,plants,people?Whatdothesefossilspossiblytellyouabouttheancientsociety?Writea
briefdescriptionofeachfossilandwhatthatfossiltellsyouaboutthesociety.
DescriptionofFossil
Whatdoesthefossiltellyou?
Station3:Primary&SecondarySources
Directions:Thisstationhasacollectionofprimaryandsecondarysourcesabouttheancient
society.FIRST,youneedtodecidewhichonesareprimarysourcesandwhichonesaresecondary
sources.SECOND,readthesourcesandfindoutwhattheytellyouabouttheancientsociety.
THIRD,writeyourfindingsbelow.
TYPEofSource
(PrimaryorSecondary)
Descriptionofthesource.
Whatisit?Whatdoesitsay?
Whatdoesthesourcetell
youaboutthesociety?
Station4:Artifacts
Directions:CAREFULLYinspecttheartifacts.Whatdotheseartifactspossiblytellyouabout
theancientsociety?Writeabriefdescriptionofeachartifactandwhatthatartifacttellsyouaboutthe
society.
DescriptionofArtifact
Whatdoestheartifacttellyou?
Station5:SocietalStructure
Directions:Youvefoundsomeancientpicturesofthissociety.Lookatthepictures.What
dotheytellyouabouthowthissocietywasstructured?Howdothepeoplebehave?Istherealeader
ofthepeople?Howdothepeopleacttowardoneanother?Aresomepeopletreateddifferentlythan
others?Whatelsedothepicturesshow?Writeabriefdescriptionofthepictureandwhatyouthink
thepicturestellsyouaboutthesocietybelow.
Descriptionofpicture
Whatdoesthepicturetellyouaboutthesociety?
FindingsSummaryParagraph:
Directions:Aftercompletingallofthestationsandquestionsaboveanalyzeyourfindingsand
thinkaboutwhattheseclueshavetoldyouabouttheancientsociety.Now,writea1paragraph
descriptionofwhatyouthinkthisancientsocietywaslike.Inyourparagraphdescribewhatyouthink
thepeopleinthesocietywerelike,howtheylived,andhowyouthinktheirsocietywasstructured.