1. Ancient History Notes Date Title Page
9/14 Basic Archaeology Methods 18-19
9/15 Analyzing Artifacts
9/16 Primary & Secondary Sources 22-23
9/17 Studying Maps
9/18 Timelines & Time Words
Unit 1 - Archaeology

2. Do Now – Taking Notes on Historical Fiction
Take post it, scissors and glue.
Glue the notes template onto the LEFT side of your next notebook (p. 10)
Glue the checklist and rubric onto the RIGHT side of your notebook. (p. 11)
Read the checklist and rubric, then jot any questions you have onto a post-it note.

3. Do Now – Academic Writing Essential Question: How is academic writing similar to and different from journal or other informal writing?
Copy the date, topic, and essential question into the left side of your notebook.
Fill in sections 1 and 2 of your left side notes.

4. Academic Writing Informal writing: journals, quick-writes, letters.
Formal (academic) writing: essays, power points, speeches
Academic writing rules:
Correct spelling, grammar, punctuation.
No using personal pronouns (I, we, you, etc.)
Do not refer to the essay itself
Very structured and organized writing; paragraphs, topic sentences, examples cited from their source
No slang words or phrases.
Good and bad examples; find the better academic writing, give evidence. Fix the bad example

5. Workshop
Complete section 3 on the left side of your notebook. Use one of the sentence starters on the anchor chart.
Clean up the materials you used and return everything to its correct place.

6. Do Now – Unit 1 Setup
Take Unit 1 Standards & Unit Activity Log handouts.
Glue the Unit 1 standards on the LEFT side of your notebook (p. 16)
Glue the Unit 1 activity log on the RIGHT side of your notebook (p. 17)
Take FIVE Left-side templates and glue them in on pages 18, 20, 22, 24, and 26.
Take & read through the choices and topics handout and write any questions you have on a post-it note.

7. Unit 1 Setup Go over questions about the unit choices and topics.
How to plan your unit:
Read through all choices. Star or highlight choices that interest you.
Write these choices in PENCIL in your activity log.
Select other work to add up to AT LEAST 100 points.
Make a list of materials or assistance you may need.
Note the unit due date. Plan your work to be finished by this time. Write your personal due dates on your activity log.
Unit 1 Book talks

8. Do Now – Basic Archaeology Methods Essential Question: How are artifacts discovered and preserved?
Take the archaeology photo.
Trim & glue the photo to the bottom right side of your notebook (p. 19)
Copy the date, topic, and essential question into the left side of your notebook.
Fill in sections 1 and 2 of your left side notes.

9. Notes – Basic Archaeology Methods
Digs are conducted to find artifacts. These often include trash, pottery, and beads. Bones of any kind are more rare. (Finding human bones is extremely rare!)
Dig sites have a grid laid out to help record the exact location of each artifact found.
Excavation happens methodically. Notes are kept to record weather conditions, all artifacts found, and all other site information.
Found artifacts are photographed, and their location and depth are recorded. Then, artifacts are put in plastic bags and sent to the lab to be analyzed.
The lab “dates” the artifact (tests it to find out how old it is), then compares it to similar artifacts and sites, and what is known about the area and time period in which the artifacts were used.

10. An archaeological dig pit
String used to grid entire dig site
Soil is removed from the entire pit in one level and sifted before the next level is removed.
Tools such as picks and brushes used to uncover artifacts completely before removal

11. Workshop
Complete section 3 on the left side of your notebook. Use one of the sentence starters on the anchor chart.
Work on the projects you planned.
Clean up the materials you used and return everything to its correct place.

12. Do Now – Analyzing Artifacts Essential Question: How do we learn about the past from artifacts?
Take photo, glue, and scissors.
Trim & glue the photo to the bottom right side of your notebook (p. 21)
Copy the date, topic, and essential question into the left side of your notebook.
Fill in sections 1 and 2 of your left side notes.

13. Notes – Analyzing Artifacts
When artifacts are analyzed, historians investigate the answers to some or all of the following questions:
Where was it found? Were other artifacts found in the same area?
How old is it? Is there evidence of wear or use?
What materials is it made out of?
Have other artifacts like this been found? What do we know about them?
Who made this, and who might have used it?
How was it used?
What can this artifact tell us about its creator, user, and the culture they lived in?

14. Workshop
Complete section 3 on the left side of your notebook. Use one of the sentence starters on the anchor chart.
Work on the projects you planned.
Clean up the materials you used and return everything to its correct place.

15. Do Now – Primary & Secondary Sources Essential Question: Why is it helpful to know the kind of source while using it?
Take one copy of the compare/ contrast foldable.
Cut on the solid line. Fold on the dotted line. Glue the flaps side by side BY THE TOP INCH ONLY on the right side of your notebook (Look at the model up front if you are confused.) (p. 23)
Copy the date, topic, and essential question into the left side of your notebook.
Fill in sections 1 and 2 of your left side notes.

16. Workshop
Complete section 3 on the left side of your notebook. Use one of the sentence starters on the anchor chart.
Work on the projects you planned.
Clean up the materials you used and return everything to its correct place.

17. Do Now – Studying Maps Essential Question: What kind of information can historical maps show?
Take map, scissors, and glue.
Trim & glue the map. Fold over the top inch. Glue the TOP INCH ONLY of the map to the top right side of your notebook (p. 25)
Copy the date, topic, and essential question into the left side of your notebook.
Fill in sections 1 and 2 of your left side notes.

18. Notes – Studying Maps
Show physical and political features of the region as they were during a certain time period.
Show travel routes, populations, natural resources, country and city boundaries, and many other map features.
Colors, patterns, and line styles are explained in the key.
compare a historical map to a modern map or to another historical map to find similarities and differences.
Look for changes from map to map, how geography, especially rivers, mountains, and deserts, affect boundary/ ownership changes to the map.

19. Downtown Springfield, MA - 1955

20. Workshop
Complete section 3 on the left side of your notebook. Use one of the sentence starters on the anchor chart.
Work on the projects you planned.
Clean up the materials you used and return everything to its correct place.

21. Do Now – Timelines, BCE, CE, BC, AD Essential Question: How do historians use timelines to chart significant events?
Take a piece of timeline paper and glue.
Fold the timeline in half and place the fold close to the spine. Glue the timeline the top right side of your notebook so the long end sticks out to the LEFT. (See the example up front if you are confused.) (p. 27)
Copy the date, topic, and essential question into the left side of your notebook.
Fill in sections 1 and 2 of your left side notes.

22. Notes – Timelines, BCE, CE, BC, AD
BCE: Before Common Era
CE: Common Era
BC: Before Christ
AD: Anno Domini (Latin for “Year of Our Lord”)
BCE and BC mean the same thing – years before the birth of Jesus Christ. CE and AD are also equivalent – years after the birth of Jesus.
We use BCE and CE in history now; however, you will see BC and AD in many older readings.
BCE years are like negative numbers on a number line – they go backwards away from 0.
When making a timeline, mark the years off evenly FIRST, like a number line. THEN add events to the correct year.

23. Workshop
Complete section 3 on the left side of your notebook. Use one of the sentence starters on the anchor chart.
Work on the projects you planned.
Clean up the materials you used and return everything to its correct place.