Monday, September 12, 2011

Learning Through Artifacts


If the above slideshow does not work, click this link: Study Artifacts
Welcome to the Stone Age. The hard thing about this amazing and dangerous place is that there were no books written during this time. People barely knew how to communicate, let alone write books. So, how do we learn about a time period when no books were written? No records kept? Through Artifacts. Scientists find artifacts (objects made by people) and study them to learn what the people were like, their age, where they lived, etc. We are going to step inside the shoes of a scientist and learn how to study artifacts to help us learn.
TASK: For this activity, you will study 12 sets of artifacts. For each group of artifacts, your task is to figure out things about the person who owned them. What can you learn about each person based on the artifacts shown? Age, gender, likes/dislikes, where they live, etc. All questions scientists try to answer while studying Stone Age artifacts.


In-Class blogging. Write your answers in your notebook. Number 1-12.

10 comments:

3paigem said...

Task#2the person likes the long horns. must have a kid. and has a fancy job.

task#5 he/she is old because he/she has dentchers and a caine.that person lives in Minnisota

Task#8 likes to be worm. lies to swim. rides his bike alot.

Task#9likes to listen to music. lives on a farm. an likes to work.

Task#11his pants must be to big. he likes to wear a tie. and likes to work.

Task#12 dosent like animals. like to wear mocassins. likes to collect rockes.

3CadeT said...

Task#4 Itis a collector because he has an old baseball glove and an old camera and type writer.

Task#5: He/she is old because there is dentchers and a caine and he/she lives in minnesota.

Task#6: It is a girl who likes talor swift and she likes pink dresses and likes to cook.

Task#8: it is a boy who likes to swim and ride bikes and he likes the lynx.

Task#9: It is a guy who likes to work in a garden and likes to build stuff. and heh likes to listen to his i pod.

6Maggie L said...

This person lives in Minnesota has fake teeth and a cane and is old.

3 TessaJ said...

1# Its cold where the person lives.
The person can drive a car.
The person is more likey to be a girl.
2#The person could of had a child.
The person could work in a office.
The person likes the texas long horns.
3# The person like to skate.
The person likes to play x-box.
The person is older because he shaves.
4#The person like baseball.
The person is old.
5#The person is from Minnesota.
The person is old because the person has teeth that come out.
6#The person is more than likely to be a girl cause of the tanktop.
the person likes to cook.
The person likes Taylor Swift.
7# The person could be sick.
The person wants to be a president.
8#The person could like to go swimming.
Its could be snowing where he/she is.
The person like to go bikeing.
9#The person likes to garden.
The person goes to work.
The person like his/hers ipod.
10#The person likes to play with cards.
The person likes cupcakes.
11#The person works.
The person like ties.
The person has to where a belt.
12#The person could love nature or history.
The person could like history.

4 Natalie W said...

#9 Boy, Likes to build/work, Likes to listen to his ipod, Must like to garden or lives on a farm.

3felicityk said...

Task. likes the longhorns,must have a kid,has a fancy job. 3. likes video games,skates, and shaves, could be a teenager.6. likes Taylor Swift, likes to cook and clean, teenager:girl

4courtneyk said...

Task 1: #6 Its a girl, likes to cook, likes Talor Swift, likes to clean.
#7 It must be a boy, likes Boston Red Sox, wanted Kennedy for president and looks up to John F. Kennedy, must take some sort of medication.
#8 Boy, swims, rides his bike, likes winter or wants to stay warm.
#9 likes music, builds stuff, gardens.

6Taylor R said...

Task #1 It's cold where the person lives, she likes red lip stick, and has two cars.
Task #2 this person has a fancy job, a kid, and likes the texas long horns.
Task #3 He likes hockey, likes video games, and shaves.
Task #4 this person likes baseball, a camera, and an old invention.
Task #5 An old person who has dentures,a cane, and he/she lives in Minnesota.
Task#6 likes Taylor Swift, likes pink dresses, and likes to cook.
Task #7 He/she could be sick, wants Kennedy to win, likes a baseball team.
Task #8 Likes to go swimming, rides bikes, its cold out.
Task #9 Listens to music on ipod, works with a hammer, is a farmer.
Task #10 likes hostess cup cakes, plays cards.
Task #11 wheres a belt and tie to work.
Task #12 likes history or nature.

3 Bryce A said...

1# Its cold where the person lives.
The person can drive a car.
The person is more likey to be a girl.
2#The person could of had a child.
The person could work in a office.
The person likes the texas long horns.
3# The person like to skate.
The person likes to play x-box.
The person is older because he shaves.
4#The person like baseball.
The person is old.
5#The person is from Minnesota.
The person is old because the person has teeth that come out.
6#The person is more than likely to be a girl cause of the tanktop.
the person likes to cook.
The person likes Taylor Swift.
7# The person could be sick.
The person wants to be a president.
8#The person could like to go swimming.
Its could be snowing where he/she is.
The person like to go bikeing.
9#The person likes to garden.
The person goes to work.
The person like his/hers ipod.
10#The person likes to play with cards.
The person likes cupcakes.
11#The person works.
The person like ties.
The person has to where a belt.
12#The person could love nature or history.
The person could like history.

That was a lot to type.

4 mackenzie H. said...

6. It's a girl, she likes Talor Swift, she likes to cook, and she probally is not a old lady but not a kid so probally she is a teenager.