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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