Ch. 14

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Ch. 14 Unlocking the Secrets of Mohenjodaro
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Calling all archeologists

• Your Mission
• Explore the ancient site of Mohenjodaro and
  analyze artifacts to learn about the people who
  once lived there.

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Your Mission

• You and a team of archeologists will work
  together to analyze a set of artifacts.
  Together, you will summarize your findings in an
  Archeological Findings Report which will be
  sent to other archeologists around the world.

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Archeological Findings Report

• For each artifact, your group will
• Include a picture of the artifact
• A hypothesis as to what the artifact is and was
  used for.
• You will also read your text and include a
  summery of what other archeologists (authors)
  believe each artifact is and was used for.
• Finally, you need 1-2 sentences describing what
  the artifacts teaches us about the daily lives of
  the people of Mohenjodaro.

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Archeological Findings Report
Archeological Findings Report

• Each group must create an Archeological Findings
  Report to share with others. It must include
• Group names and title ,Archeological Findings
  Report
• Picture of the artifact
• Your Groups Hypothesis as to what is is and its
  use.
• Summery of what other archeologists (authors)
  believe about each artifact.
• Connection as to what it teaches us about the
  daily life of the people of Mohenjodaro.
• Reports may be done in Word, PowerPoint,
  Glogster, or Prezi format.

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Example
Artifact 1 Clay statue

• Archeological Findings Report
• By Mrs. Thompson
• My Hypothesis I think that this is a statue of a
  woman. It appears to be made out of clay or
  stone. I think this statue was made by artisans
  and used for display purposes.
• Archeologists Hypotheses Archeologists believe
  this is a teracotta statue of a woman wearing
  lots of jewelry and a headress.
• Connection to Daily Life This artifacts shows us
  what women may have dressed like and what their
  jewelry may have looked like. It shows that they
  probably wore items like this headress for
  ceremonial purposes.