Clues from long ago: 3rd to 5th people & places
How we know about the past: artifacts, sources and archaeology. A free 3rd to 5th lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: how we know about the past: artifacts, sources and archaeology.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: How do we know what happened long ago?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (15 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: clues from long ago.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner or a small group the idea in their own words.
Practise (20 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Learn: Clues From the Past (https://peabody.kids/world/history/history-clues-from-the-past)
- Visit: Explore: Dig Up the Past (https://peabody.kids/world/wonders/dig)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about clues from long ago, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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