A history “Wow Day” with a difference. The newest member of the Tastes Of History team, Sigebert (the skeleton), will reveal how the study of history and the science of archaeology are so closely linked.

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This is a History Special for a single year group for a whole day of activities, or a whole school in a series of shorter sessions, to place your pupils’ study of history in context.

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What might the day include?

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Using a recreated dig pupils can become detectives for a special day exploring how archaeologists excavate and investigate the past. As ever, the emphasis is on having FUN, using artefacts, role-play, activities and games to learn about archaeology in an engaging and meaningful way.

 

An Archaeology day can include any or all of these topics:

 

o  “Archaeology is rubbish”, so what is it all about?

o  Exploring archaeological history as a time line.

o  Digging 101: to be an archaeologist and the tools of their trade.

o  Digging 101: how we excavate, carefully, layer by layer.

o  Digging 101: how we relate finds to the dig and place the past in Context.

o  Digging 101: how we date artefacts (geology, typology, technological

    developments, and science).

o  Digging 101: who knew there was so much writing, drawing and recording.

o  Stratification: digging through the layers of history.

o  Burial: “Gathering the clues”. What do the “grave goods” reveal?

o  Burial: “Solving the puzzle”. Is Sigebert a man or a woman, a warrior or a farmer?

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