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Crowdsourced Online Educational Archaeology Resources for teachers and students

A crowdsourced spreadsheet of archaeology/history oriented educational and public content online as a resource for teachers and students looking for activities/readings/videos they can do at home. Can you add to it and/or share?

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Content and topics often missed in standard curriculum are needed, particularly research by Black, Indigenous, and other researchers from historically excluded communities.

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- Please add approximate age range. If your content has stuff for 5 years through Undergrad, that's fine too, but any narrowing down helps educators find content.

- Please use age in years where possible so folks from different primary school terminological communities can find information. Grad/Undergrad are fine for secondary/post-secondary communities to account for the high rates of 'non-trads'

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NameTypeRegion of InterestAge RangeAddressBrief description
Sons of the Sphinx1330 BC Egypt14-Gradhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/1912513951/action, thriller, historical
Land of the Spirits virtual digivirtual excavation19th century Canada12-Undergradhttp://www.virtualmuseum.ca/sgc-cms/expositions-exhibitions/esprits-spirits/English/Dig/digdown.html?fbclid=IwAR1PAeEfczi1YuoqTFbBVyqQ70IpwgUk1YmCazRrlhF502mxWW14_m6KHpgStudents fill out "field notes" and "artifact catalogue" worksheets as they experience what it's like to methodically excavate
Walking with LucvideoAfrica5+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT8Np0gI1dI&feature=youtu.beVideo comparing skeletal walking pattern of Lucy with a Chimpanzee
Wits University tour of fossil homininsVideosAfricaUndergradhttps://youtu.be/0mWOJ56_Et0Video tours/lectures on fossil hominins by Lee Berger, starting with Taung Child. See http://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/research-news/2020/2020-04/professor-lee-berger-to-host-online-video-lectures-on-human-origins.html
Cultural heritage: a basic human need - Sada MireTed talk (video)Africa, global16-Gradhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4UQYem6DvcTED talk on the importance of cultural heritage, including cultural landscapes
Educational Resources from Alexandria (VA) Archaeologywebsite activity sheetAlexandria, Virginia 18th-19th century5-18https://www.alexandriava.gov/historic/archaeology/default.aspx?id=33900Summary of Education Programs and Activity Sheets
Library of CongressWebsiteAmerican History5-Undergradhttps://www.loc.gov/Documents, images, video & audio clips, digital archives, lesson plans & Teacher support services
The Better Angel Society : UNUMWebsiteAmerican History5-Undergradhttps://www.pbs.org/kenburns/unum/Multimedia clips from all of Ken Burns documentaries with guiding instructional support.
Artifact processingvideoAmerican Southeast12-undergradhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ0Y9dY1Q4AYou've excavated a site--now what? Video describing what happens to artifacts after they return to the lab.
Gathering, Gardening, & Agriculture5th Grade CurriculumAmerican Southeast10-11https://archeology.uark.edu/gga/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/ARAS-GGA-Curriculum-Workbook.pdf by*
Southeastern PotteryVideoAmerican Southeast10-Undergradhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd4nhVNnRBADr. Neill Wallis of the Florida Museum explains how archaeologists glean specific information from whole and reconstructable clay vessels. He distinguishes cooking, storage, and serving vessels and discusses different methods of cooking using ceramic pots.
A Hen's SongMusic/VideoAmerican Southwest5-Undergradhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.htmlMusic about research on Ancestral Pueblo communities in the American Southwest
American Southwest Virtual MuseumWebsiteAmerican Southwest12-Undergradhttps://swvirtualmuseum.nau.edu/wp/Collections of artifact images, virtual tours of archaeological sites, ceramic classification info, and more
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society VideosvideoAmerican Southwesthttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Ir6wU4P9RMhhBpoZtiQHQ/videos?view=0&sort=dd&flow=gridLectures
Flavors of the Southwest: Zuni Succotash and Navajo Blue BreadInstructional Cooking ProjectAmerican Southwest10-Undergradhttps://glohre.wordpress.com/2019/07/28/flavors-of-the-southwest-zuni-succotash-and-navajo-blue-bread/Photo essay on recreating traditional foods that can be transformed into an at-home project
The Pueblo Farming Project (Crow Canyon)ebookAmerican Southwest10-Undergradhttps://pfp.crowcanyon.org aww m.+ebook written for middle school teachers about Hopi farming practices and Crow Canyon's experimental gardens, also includes a great data set for data analysis.
Smithsonian NMAI Youtube channelVideosAmericas12-Gradhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98mlqOY5HGNl5wrWS52F9ALectures, educational films focused on cultures of the Americas (archaeology and present day)
The SAA Archaeological RecordOnline publicationAmericas primarilyhttps://www.saa.org/publications/the-saa-archaeological-recordOpen magazine with practice topics but also strong theme issues
Fordham Univeristy Ancient SourcebookSource WebsiteAncientUndergradhttps://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/ancient/asbook.aspRange of Ancient primary sources
Digital Egypt for Universitiestheme based infoAncient Egypt11-Gradhttps://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/learning and teaching resource wiht an index, and topic/theme-based ways to discover
Digital GizaWebsiteAncient Egypt12-Undergradhttp://giza.fas.harvard.edu/gizaintro/3D models and video tours
Ahead of Her Time: An SAT Vocabulary NovelYA BookAncient Egypt/Rome12-Undergradhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07ZMQKF6F/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B07ZMQKF6F&linkCode=as2&tag=vocabbett-20&linkId=217601a4ca5586c225e038723d27e640Action, adventure, romance, ancient Egypt...And more than 500 SAT words to help painlessly boost students' vocabulary. Ideal for students in 8th-12th grade.
An Educator's Handbook for Teaching about the Ancient WorldEbook (open access free online)Ancient Near East, Egypt, Mediterranean, AmericasKindergarden-Graduate/Adulthttps://pinardurgunpd.wixsite.com/teachancientThis book aims to bring together pedagogical methods and teaching activities about the ancient world for any educator to use. The teaching activities in this book are designed in a cookbook format so that educators can replicate these teaching "recipes” (which include materials, budget, preparation time, levels of students) in their ancient art, archaeology, social studies, and history classes. They can be implemented online or in-person, in schools, universities, libraries, museums, or at home.
Ologies: Classical ArchaeologypodcastAncient Rome14-undergradhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/classical-archeology-ancient-rome-with-darius-arya/id1278815517?i=1000425084468Explanation of Classical Archaeology and what they dowww.soundcloud.com/godigahole
Moche Iconography DatabaseDigital archiveAndesUndergrad-Gradhttps://www.doaks.org/resources/moche-iconographyDrawings of scenes from Moche ceramics, searchable by topic/keyword. Learn about the lives and myths of the Moche society.
CUltural Heritage Event SeriesWebinars / VideosArabian penisula, ME15-Gradhttps://twitter.com/HeritageLecture; https://www.facebook.com/HeritageLecture/;Series of webinars focusing on the Cultural and Archaeological Heritage of Saudi Arabia... but not only. Webinars are given by scholars.
Ness of Brodgar 2016VideoBritain14-Undergradhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXXZyZRIYw8&feature=youtu.beShort film about the excavation of the Neolithic Ness of Brodgar site, Orkney - lots of info about the practice of archaeology on the site
Old Bones Podcast (Andrew Earnshaw)PodcastBritain13 +https://link.chtbl.com/AveburyWalkStoryteller/ interviews specialists in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age landscape currently focused on the UK.
Boudica, A ComicComicBritish Isles12-Undergradhttps://www.behance.net/gallery/841118/Boudica-a-ComicWeb comic about the warrior woman, Boudica
Angkor - Virtual AngkorWebsiteCambodia14- Gradhttps://www.virtualangkor.com/modulesTeaching modules and CGI reconstructions of life in Angkor
Angkor tourGoogle Maps tourCambodia8-Undergradhttps://www.google.co.uk/maps/about/behind-the-scenes/streetview/treks/angkor/
Wild ArchaeologyvideosCanada/North America5-Gradhttps://www.aptn.ca/wildarchaeology/video/season-1/
A History of the Caribbean in 100 objectsPodcastCaribbeanhttp://www.shoresoftime.com/podcast/A History of the Caribbean in 100 objects
Documentary: El retumbar del Caribe Indígena, las raíces de América (full video)VideoCaribbeanUndergradhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXuDipnafAUNEXUS1492 documentary Caribbean archaeology and heritage research & community engagement
Documentary: El retumbar del Caribe Indígena, las raíces de América (trailer)VideoCaribbeanUndergradhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HKzt9ZChw4NEXUS1492 trailer of documentary Caribbean archaeology and heritage research & community engagement
Teaching Indigenous History and HeritageLesson planCaribbeanhttps://www.universiteitleiden.nl/binaries/content/assets/customsites/nexus1492/educational-resources/teaching-indigenous-history-and-heritage-guide-nexus1492.pdfEducational resources on indigenous Caribbean heritage developed with teachers by NEXUS1492.
AWOL-The Ancient World OnlineblogClassicsUndergradhttp://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/
ORCA (Online Resources for Colorado Archaeology)websiteColorado, Great Plains, Southwest US11-undergradhttps://archaeologycolorado.org/Library of articles, journal articles, and reports on CO archaeology, Reviews in Colorado Archaeology (open access journal with research/context articles), plus links to tons of resources.
Pyramids of Giza tourGoogle Maps tourEgypt8-Undergradhttps://www.google.co.uk/maps/about/behind-the-scene
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