Log on and go to : http://www.kidsdigreed.com/
Click on the History section and read it.
Activity: Complete the farm ownership diagram below.
William Reed married
HannahReed
Date:1807
Andrew and Fanny
?____Garrett________
Bought:1854
Child 2
Child 1 ?
John
Simon
sold farm
1882
Child 3 ?
Child 4 ?
Child 5 ?
Child 6 ?
Benjamin
Abrahem
julia Ann
Catharine
Click on the Discovery zone tab.
Press the survey button under the map and watch the little video at
the side.
Question: Why do Archaeologists survey? _
They Use surveys to help them organize their work and when
they want to know how big it is, how old it is or what they
did their they can have a quick look at the columns in the
survey and will know that very quickly.
Press the metal detector button also under the map and watch the
little video at the side.
Question:
Remote sensing are tools that let the aerologists
find out what may be hidden under the ground before
digging and seeing for their self’s.
Activity : Click on all eight structures and make notes on each and record it in
the table below. You will need to press the screen artifacts button
underneath to help you to fill it in.
Structure No.
Site description
Artifact /s found
Size (if stated)
1
Remains of a log house
16 x 20 feet
13 x 16 foot
edition
2
Remains of a small log
building.
Pitch fork, Flow BlueDecorated Plate, Army hat
1858, Suspender Clasp, One
cent coin, Cut-Sponged
White ware, Press Molded
Glass, Hand painted SaltGlazed stoneware, Panel
Bottles, Embossed Panel
Bottles.
Cut nail, Ink bottle
3
Remains of a small log
house or Cabin
Cut nails, shovel blade, and
some pottery.
10 x 15 feet
4
Used for cold storage
Slate Pencil
10 x 13 feet
5
First log house built on site
16 x 20 feet
6
Few foundation stones
Represents the largest
building on the site.
Table Utensils, Alphabet
Plate, Pictorial Flask, Banded
Yellow White ware, CutSponge White ware Cup/
Bowl, Glass Vial, Hand
Painted White ware
Gunflint
Trash Pit
Large shallow bowl- shaped
holes used in the 19th
Centenary match modern
bins.
None
Large
6 ½ x 13
feet
26 x 39
Trash Pit
Large, shallow bowl shaped
holes used in the 19th
century used as trash pits.
Case Bottle, Cream Plate,
and Smoking pipes, Straight
Pins.
large
Click on the Artifacts Gallery tab.
Question: What is an artefact?
An Artefact is something that tells you about the past that is found by
archaeologists in specific place.
Click on the household items.
Question: Who do you think the Early Sponge Decorated Whiteware
belonged to, the Reeds or the Garretts? (Hint look back at your chart at
the dates.)
I think Hannah Reed might have been an Artist and painted it.
Activity: Choose any of the items in any of the artifact sections and
make a sketch of it below. Annotate it with labels.
Table Utensils
Click on the Games and Puzzles tab.
Click on Stratigraphy and read information.
Question: What is Stratigraphy ? Give me a short definition.
Stratigraphy is when an archaeologist digs into the
earth layer by layer and the deeper he digs the
older the object he finds will be.
Click start playing and play game.
If you finish try some of the other games for fun!!!!!!!