9/11/14

Lesson#4

AIM: How does man learn about the past?

DO NOW: Imagine that you are scientists who studies ancient civilizations and you just discovered a civilization that lived in this area. What would you look for? Why?

I)                 The study of the past.

a)    The Study evidence left behind by earlier civilizations is known as ____________________.

b)   The people who study this evidence are known as __________________________.

c)    The evidence that these civilizations leave behind is known as _____________. An artifact is an object that was used by man.

II)              What is culture?

a)    Using artifacts archaeologists learn about how people lived. These artifacts tell us what type of culture these people had.

b)   Culture _________________________________________________________________________________________.

Home work: Answer the following questions. You should use at least two sentences for each question

1)   What is an Archaeologist? What do Archaeologists do?

2)    Why do you think the study of Archaeology is important when we study about the past? ( remember that Archaeologist sometimes focus of the lives of humans before the advent of written language)