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Think Like an Archaeologist A partnership program between Brown University’s  Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, and the RISD Museum at the Rhode Island School of Design Program Partners • Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University • Lead Educator:  Geralyn Ducady, Curator of Program and  Education • Educators:  one to two graduate student interns • Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World,  Brown University • Lead Educator:  Sarah Sharpe, Manager, Finance and  Administration • Educators:  one to two doctoral candidates in archaeology • RISD Museum of Art • Lead Educator:  Mariani Lefas‐Tetenes, Educator for School &  Teacher Programs • Educators:  two to three museum staff or interns Program Overview: History • “Pilot pilot” as an after school fifth grade program in spring  2010 • 2010‐2011 school year, piloted in the curriculum with two  teacher partners and their 175 students.   • Have worked with a total of seven teachers/librarians and over  1,200 students at Nathan Bishop, Nathanael Greene, Roger  Williams, and DelSesto schools in Providence. • Summer 2013, just completed two teacher PDs with 17  teachers/librarians • Heading into our fourth year embedded in schools Program Goals Students will… • think about how people learn about the past • develop critical thinking skills • practice collaborative problem solving, group work, and public  speaking skills • understand key archaeological concepts such as stratigraphy,  mapping, and dating • learn to synthesize different sources of information on  different scales • have opportunities to work with real archaeologists,  anthropologists, and museum educators Program Description • Four classroom sessions, one museum session • Session 1:  Introduction to Archaeology and Ancient Cultures • Session 2:  Archaeological Concepts:  Survey and Stratigraphy,  and Reconstructing the Past • Session 3:  Simulated Dig • Session 4:  Interpreting Artifacts in the Lab • Session 5:  Visit to the RISD Museum and the Haffenreffer  Museum SESSIONS 1 and 2: SESSIONS 3 and 4: SESSION 5: Common Core Connections: Using Artifacts as Accessible Texts Close Readings of Text Close Readings of Artifacts • Focuses on a text • Focuses on an artifact • Students may have challenges  • Accessible to all students  reading grade level texts (ELL, SPED) • Students answer text‐based  • Students answer text‐based  questions to deepen  questions to deepen  comprehension comprehension • Students use the source as  • Students use the source as  evidence in a longer writing  evidence in a longer writing  piece piece By practicing close reading using artifacts, students develop  the skills needed in the Common Core State Standards. Close Reading of Artifacts Leads to Close Reading of Texts Close Reading of  Close Reading of  Artifacts Texts • Accessible to all learners  • Students transfer skills  regardless of reading  from close reading of  levels artifacts, scaffolding the  shifts required by the  • Students practice higher  Common Core State  level thinking skills  Standards

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By practicing close reading using artifacts, students develop the skills needed levels. • Students practice higher level thinking skills. Close Reading of. Texts. • Students Mailing Address: Box 1965, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912.
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