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Puzzles from the Past: Problem Solving Through Archeology

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Educators looking for Native American materials to use with all people of all ages will find this trunk full of possibilities.

Consider using this trunk to teach about:

Native American housing traditions,

Native American food traditions, and

lifestyle changes over time for Native Americans living in Kansas.

This trunk contains many objects and photographs educators will find useful in teaching about Native Americans.

Each photograph has information on the back about the image.

Each object will have one to two laminated cards containing a photograph of the object as well as information about what it is and how it was used. Because the trunk was designed around the lessons in the manual you will find these cards in one of two places. White "object cards" are stored in the bag with the photographs. Four different sets of colored "stratigraphy cards" are stored in the Stratigraphy Kit bag.

A list of the contents of this trunk is available online.

2004 Kansas History and Government; Economics and Geology Standards about Native Americans in Kansas that items in this trunk correlate to:

Grade 1, History Benchmark 2, Indicator 4: Compares types of shelter used by American Indians in Kansas over time (e.g., grass lodge, earth lodge, frame house).

Grade 2, History Benchmark 2, Indicator 1: Compares and contrasts daily life of an historic Plains Indian family, a pioneer family, and a modern family in Kansas.

Grade 5, History Benchmark 1, Indicator 1: Explains how various American Indians adapted to their environment in relationship to shelter and food (e.g., Plains, Woodland, Northwest Coast, Southeast and Pueblo cultures in the period 1700 - 1820).

Grade 5, History Benchmark 1, Indicator 2: Shows how traditional arts and customs of various American Indians are impacted by the environment (e.g., Plains, Woodland, Northwest Coast, Southeast and Pueblo cultures from the period 1700 - 1820).

Grade 7, History Benchmark 1, Indicator 1: Compares and contrasts nomadic and sedentary tribes in [pre 1854] Kansas (e.g., food, housing, arts, customs).

Girl Scouts

Activity	Trunk Correlation
Studio B Girl Scouts
Digging Through the Past Skill Building 4 - Find out how archaeologists and anthropologists make discoveries about past cultures. Learn what skills and scientific aids are needed for an excavation, and what different objects reveal about the past.	The entire trunk.

Cub Scouts

Achievement	Trunk Correlation
Wolf Cub
Elective 10 - American Indian Lore Make a model of a traditional American Indian house.	This trunk contains a footprint made from an archeological excavation of a Wichita grass lodge, pictures of a grass lodge in various steps of completion. The trunk also contains several object related to the construction of a grass lodge.
Bear Cub
Elective 24 - American Indian Life c) Learn what the American Indian people in your area used for shelter before contact with Europeans. Make a model of a shelter.	This trunk contains a footprint made from an archeological excavation of a Wichita grass lodge, pictures of a grass lodge in various steps of completion. The trunk also contains several object related to the construction of a grass lodge.

Boy Scouts

Requirement	Trunk Correlation
Merit Badges
Archaeology Badge 3. Describe at least two ways in which archaeologists determine the age of sites, structures, or artifacts. Explain what relative dating is.	Lesson 4: Dating: How Archeologists Know What They Know
Archaeology Badge 6a. Explain why it is important to protect archaeological sites.	Lesson 6: Site Preservation: Why the Archeological Record Needs to be Protected
Archaeology Badge 11a. Research American Indians who live or once lived in your area. Find out about traditiona lifeways, dwellings, clothing styles, arts and crafts, and methods of food gathering, preparation, and storage. Describe what you would expect to find at an archaeological site for these people.	Lesson 2: Archeology: What is It? Lesson 3: Observation and Inference: How Archeologists Know What They Know Lesson 4: Dating: How Archeologists Know What They Know Lesson 5: Ethnography: How Archeologists Know What They Know

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