The program, “Richfield 100 Years Ago” is designed introduce students to the Richfield of the early 20th century. The program is designed to help support Minnesota Social Studies Curriculum Standards for K-3rd grades.
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Worksheet Project: Cataloging Artifacts
You are in progress with an archaeological dig and are discovering new and amazing artifacts. How will you organize them? How will you catalog them to let you know where in the dig site they were discovered?
Use this worksheet to help you out!
(7th & 8th grade skill level)
Worksheet Project: Sampling Strategies
Two questions archaeologists often get asked of are “How do you find a site?” or “How do you know where to dig?”
These worksheets will help you understand the sampling strategies archaeologists use when deciding where to dig.
(11th & 12th grade skill level)
Worksheet Project: Little Bird That was Caught
In 1834, five-year-old Jane DeBow is brought to Sioux territory in what is now Minnesota, where she is raised by both the missionaries that kidnapped her and the Dakota people they are trying to convert to Christianity.
The worksheet contains an excerpt from the book Little Bird That was Caught by Anne E. Neuberger and questions about the story.
