Digging Deeper 1
Tools of the Historian
Common Thread
Connections
Time and Place
A1 Questions and Plan
B1 Connect Current Events
C1 Timelines
Go to Mrs. Bradley’s webpage,
Common Thread file folder:
1.Read the booklet about the
project
2. Look at at least three student
samples
3. Write a reflection on how a
project like this would help you
think like an historian. Email it
to Mrs B. Label it A1.
Find a current events article
related to one of the following
vocabulary words:
 Artifact/evidence
 History
A list of current event sources is
on the webpage.
Use a 5Ws summary page. Turn
in summary to the dig-site or
email to Mrs. B.
Make a timeline of any historical event.
Include at least 5 significant events.
A2 Research and citations
B2 Connect with Art
C2 Maps
Find a piece of artwork or a
photograph that might have two
interpretations. Explain the two
possible perspectives.
Turn in picture and paragraph to
dig-site or email both to Mrs.
Bradley
Dig Into History: simulated archaeological
dig. Go to website link on Mrs. B’s
webpage /Digging Deeper folder and
follow the steps to select a quest, dig, and
catalog artifacts
Write a summary paragraph: What would it
be like to be an archaeologist? Email it to
Mrs B.
B3 Connect with Science
C3 Geography Challenge
X
A3 Presenting Information
Culture
D1
X
Use the timeline generator at
http://www.readwritethink.org
Go to Mrs. B’s webpage for the link
to the site.
Email timeline to Mrs. Bradley.
Map puzzle. Get article and puzzle at dig site. Read
the article, complete the puzzle, turn it in at dig site.
D2
X
D3
X
X
X