Formative Assessment of "Project Archaeology: Investigating Food and Land"

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Archaeology Education: Building a Research Base" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

"Project Archaeology: Investigating Food and Land" is a new education guide that explores the intersections of culture, food, people, and the environment in ancient North America. "Food and Land"’s first regional investigation invites 3th-5th grade students to examine food systems in the Great Basin by using environmental archaeology inquiry techniques to analyze artifacts at the O’Malley rock shelter site in Lincoln County, Nevada. In the summer of 2018, Project Archaeology debuted "Food and Land" at a peer mentoring workshop designed to introduce Lincoln County teachers to the Project Archaeology national network and support curriculum piloting. A veteran Project Archaeology teacher will join workshop attendees as they pilot the new guide in local 4th & 5th grade classrooms during the fall semester of the 2018-2019 school year. Pre- and post-tests will monitor changes in student understandings of ecosystems, the archaeological research process, and stewardship while teachers will provide real-time user feedback via online file sharing systems. This presentation will discuss the initial findings from the "Food and Land" pilot, including the efficacy of this new piloting model and how students understand history and social studies through the investigation of archaeological data.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Archaeology Education: Building a Research Base   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 26298