MONTANA ANCIENT TEACHINGS

Educational Guide

delivery strategy.The way you approach each

reading lesson should match yourteaching style and the needs of yourstudents. Each narrative may be usedwith the whole group, small groups, orindividual students. As students read anarrative, you can have them focus onspecific reading and writing skill areasfrom your curriculum. You may alsoassign narratives within a theme togroups of students for reading,summarizing, and reporting to theclass. Always plan before making a

reading assignment.

ARCH JOURNAIS

Before they begin to work on atheme, students should create anArch(aeology) Journal so they cankeep most of their written material inone location. Then they will be able torefer back to information they learnedin previous lessons. And they maywant to use the information they'vecollected in their journals for a culmi-nating activity, such as a book ormural. By reviewing each journal, theteacher is able to assess and evaluatestudent learning in targeted areas.

Following are four differentpossible formats for your students'Arch Journals:

-spiral notebook-loose-leaf paper, with

construction paper cover,

stapled together-accordion "book"-unlined paper folded in halfTo choose the most appropriate

Arch Journal format, determine howmuch of Montana Ancient Teachingsyou will be presenting to your class.

N ARRA nvES

Each narrative in this curriculum iswritten to be used by students ashands-on reading material. The writingtargets upper intermediate readers.Each narrative contains an openingparagraph designed to help studentsconnect their own experience with thetheme and lesson. The narrative thenprovides background informationrelating to the lesson question. Thenarrative may be used before or afterthe Arch Activity, based on your

VOCABUlARY

The vocabulary words in eachnarrative are identified in bold. Allvocabulary within a narrative is listedon a separate page that immediatelyfollows the narrative. A Glossary forTeachers at the end of the curriculumdefines all vocabulary words. Yourstudents should do their best to defineeach vocabulary word on their own,deriving the meaning from the narra-tive itself and from readily availablereference works-especially dictio-naries aimed at their grade and readinglevels.

Use the vocabulary to teachspecific skills and language develop-ment. You can use the vocabularywords to teach pronunciation, syllabi-cation, definition in context, andsentence writing. Review yourcurriculum needs to design yourvocabulary lesson. Students may dothe entire list, or break into groups toshare the list.

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help in teaching archaeology and

Montana prehistory!

As part of the Montana Ancient

Teachings Project, the Montana

Historical Society has compiled a

listing of available resources to assist

in the teaching of archaeology in

Montana schools. The resulting catalog

contains detailed descriptions of what

is available and how to obtain these

resources. Included are curriculum

packages, traveling trunks, audio-

visual materials, exhibits and parks,

visiting speakers, reading lists, and a

variety of contact persons. Many of

these resources will complement and

greatly enrich the Montana Ancient

Teachings curriculum.

You can obtain copies of the

Montana Archaoology Education Resource

Catalog from the Montana Historical

Society Education Office, Helena (406-

444-4794). You may also view the

updated catalog on the Montana

Historical Society's homepage

(http://www.his.state.mt.us) by clickingon "Preservation." Check it out!

ARCH(AEOLOGY) ACTIVlnES

Many of the Arch Activities inMontana Ancient Teachings are taken oradapted from other archaeologyeducation curriculum projects nation-wide. These activities have proven tobe successful in engaging students andeffectively helping them learn basicprinciples identified with each themeand lesson.

Although most of the Arch Activitiesin this curriculum are complete anddoable with common materials availableat home or in the classroom, there aresome that require work with archaeolog-ical materials--either replicas or picturesof real artifacts. Some illustration sheetsare included within the curriculum. TheMontana Historical Society has alsodeveloped several traveling artifact kitsthat readily complement the lessons andactivities in this curriculum. You canobtain current information on the avail-ability of these by contacting theMontana Historical Society EducationOffice, Helena (406-444-4794).

We also encourage you to find anduse depictions of archaeological arti-facts and sites in books, magazines,and newspaper articles. These or yourown creations can be applied to someof the activities that involve examiningartifacts (e.g. Lesson 3A-Arch Activity:Tool Time). Additional valuablesources for activities and other enrich-ment materials currently availablefrom organizations can be found in theMontana Archaeology EducationResource Catalog.

ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION

Included here is a sample chart youmay use as a possible tool for assess-ment and evaluation. The chart-inthis case, for Theme I-is designed sothat teachers can list student namesand record a grade for each lesson in atheme. The lessons are broken downby Narrative, Vocabulary, and ArchActivity .

When embarking upon a lesson,determine the criteria for the lesson'sgrade and inform students of thecriteria. You can then grade eachstudent's Arch Journal, or other work-sheets, according to your criteria.

THE MONTANA ARCHAEOLOGY

EDUCAllON RESOURCE CATALOG

This catalog offers everything youwanted to know about where to find

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Example: Students are workingon the vocabulary within alesson. You have taught syllabi-cation. The assignment is tobreak each word into its sylla-bles, either on the vocabularyworksheet or in the ArchJournal. When the studentshave completed their work, yougrade according to plan.

role, and complete the activity. Furtherdevelop this strategy, and add yourown ideas to suit your students' needs.Some of the Arch Activities that havespecific assignments are:

Lesson 1 A-Arch Activity

The Mystery of the Missing

PagesLesson 1 D-Arch Activity

The Importance of the PastCOOPERATIVE LEARNING

You can assess and evaluate yourstudents' cooperative skills in groupsof varying size by having them engagein cooperative learning. Have differentstudents perform the separate roles ofwriter, illustrator, reader I materialsmanager I and presenter when theywork on the Arch Activities associatedwith lessons. Determine criteria foreach role, assign a student to each

STUDENT PRODUCTS

By incorporating independentstudent products into the ArchActivities in this curriculum, you cancome up with a variety of ideas forassessment and evaluation. Theproduct list for independent studyincluded here is just an example. Addyour own ideas!

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PRODUCT LIST FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY

(5. Brown, Engine-Uity, Ltd. 1996)

Picture dictionaryPicture storyPoemPoster

PotteryPuppetPuppet showRadio showReader's TheaterReference fileRelief map

RubbingSand-castingScience fiction story

ScrapbookSculpture (soap, metal,clay, wire, junk, etc.)Short storySilk screeningSkit

Slide/tape presentationSmall scale drawing

SongSongs (collection)SonnetStencil

StitcherySurveyTaped recordingTerrariumTextbookTime line

TransparencyTravelogueTV documentaryTV newscastVideo gameVocabulary listWatercolor paintingWritten report

AdvertisementAnnotated bibliography

Art galleryBatik

BiographyBlueprintBoard gameBook coverBulletin boardCard gameCelebrity cardsCeramicsCharcoal sketchChartChoral reading

CinquainCoins

CollageCollection with illustrationCollection with narrativeComic strip

Computer programCrossword puzzleCostumeDanceDebateDetailed illustration

DiaryDiorama

DisplayDrama (comedy, tragedy,

melodrama, etc.)Dramatic monologueDramatic set designEditorial

ElegyEtchingExperimentExperiment recordFableFact fileFairy tale

Family tree

FilmstripFIRST sheet

GlossaryGraphGraphic designGreeting cardGuest speakerHaikuIllustrated story

JournalLabeled diagramLarge scale drawingLectureLetterLetter to the editorLessonLimerickLine drawingMagazine article

MapMap with legendMobileModel

MonographMontageMovieMuralMuseum exhibitMusical compositionNews reportNewspaper articleNovellaOil paintingOral reportPackage for a product

PamphletPantomime

Paper weightPattern with instructionsPhoto essay

Photographs

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THEME IMONTANA ANCIENT TEACHINGS

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THEME IMONTANA ANCIENT TEACHINGS

Assessment and Evaluation form

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