Transcript Project Archaeology Investigating Roman Villa PPNT

Project Archaeology:
Investigating a
Roman Villa
BECCA JANKE
[email protected]
PROJECTARCHAEOLOGY.ORG
Oriental Institute
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Benefits: World History
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Student centered exploration
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Students become archaeologists and think as one
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Confidence with new artifacts
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Know where archaeologists find information
World History –
Do Now
1. Name the figure.
2. Draw the figure.
3. Write 3 observations.
4. Write one inference
based on your
observations.
What about Latin?
Pompeii:
The Last Day
Doctor Who:
The Fires of Pompeii
Investigating a Roman Villa
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Taught rough draft as a unit in April to my Latin I students
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Students bought into Latin more
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Cultural understandings beyond text
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Avoided confusions
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Cross curricular (History, Science, Math)
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Kids loved it!
Warm-Up Lesson:
What is Archaeology
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Dispels myths about archaeology
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Overview of unit
Lesson One:
Ethics of Studying Human Remains
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Archaeology focuses on Oplontis and Herculanium, specifically
human remains
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Discovery Channel Video: Pompeii: Back from the Dead
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Ethical discussions and essay
Lesson Two:
Knowing the Land – Knowing the People
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Overview of Pliny the Younger
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Geography at Oplontis
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Wall Painting of Vesuvius and Bacchus, from
the House of the Centenary
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Measure Villa with string
Lesson Three:
Vesuvius Erupts
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Four types of volcanic eruptions via videos of actual eruptions
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Use information about volcanoes to analyze two of Pliny’s letters
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Experiment in class (video)
Examples of Student Learning from
Test
Lesson Four:
Romans Recline to Dine
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Triclinia are discussed
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How frescoes are restored
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How to observe frescoes as an archaeologist
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Fresco mystery
Lesson Five:
Mosaic Math
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Learn vocabulary for mosaics and use it
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Make their own mosaics
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Optional project using math
Lesson Six:
Coins and Culture
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Learn how to read a United States coin
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Learn how to read a Roman coin, then analyze them
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Make own coin
Lesson Seven:
Mystery at a Roman Villa
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Compare modern houses to
Roman Villae
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Learn names of rooms in Villa
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Label rooms of actual Villa
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Play Clue in Latin: Indicium
Lesson Eight:
Stewardship is Everyone’s Responsibility
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Laws protecting Archaeological
sites: national and international
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How to be active citizens
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How to protect our history via
archaeology, specifically Pompeii
Unit Assessment
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Essay on learning of unit
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News broadcast on the natural disaster of the 79 AD eruption of
Mount Vesuvius
Questions?