Lesson Materials

• Analyzing Artifacts Lesson Plan (PDF)
• Perspectives on the Past: Analyzing Artifacts (PDF)

Authors:
Alicia DeMaio, Adriana Espinosa, Kim Golden, Erica Kennedy, Jalissa King.

Description:
This unit looks at different perspectives of studying the past and the importance of understanding perspective and bias.

Essential Question:
Why is it important to have multiple perspectives when studying the past? How do we know what we know? Why is it important to understand perspective and bias?

Learning Objectives:
Students will be able to identify various perspectives of studying the past.

Grade levels:
9th – 12th

Subjects:
History, Social Studies, Humanities, Anthropology, geography.

Keywords:
Ancestral Pueblo, Identity, Movement, Culture, Perspectives, Bias, History, Social Studies, Humanities, Anthropology, geography.

Length:
3 – 4 Class periods (depending on class length).

State Standards:
Colorado, Minnesota, New Mexico