Distribute pennies to each student or group along with the Penny for your thoughts work sheet.Use this section for students to record their hypotheses about their observations and inferencesĭownload A Penny for Your Thoughts Worksheet Part 2 Procedure Use this chart for students to record observations and inferences about their penny.ĭownload A Penny for Your Thoughts Worksheet Part 1 Image sheet of old pennies for each student or group (optional).“A Penny for Your Thoughts” worksheet for each group.Pen or Pencil for each student or group.In this lesson you are putting on your archaeologist hats and making observances and inferences about your own culture.īelow are links about the history and iconography of the Penny Take a look at an old penny and a new penny, what are the differences and what do they say about us? What else can we infer from the penny? What about change over time? The old penny just has the amount it is worth and ears of wheat, while the newer one has the Lincoln memorial. We don’t need to really need to test this with a hypothesis, but we could. The penny displays a picture of Abraham Lincoln, the phrases “In God We Trust” and “E Pluribus Unum” meaning “One out of Many” So we can infer that our leaders, faith, and unity are important American values. We can do the same with the objects we use today like a simple penny. During this process of studying artifacts archaeologists are using the scientific method they observe something, use what they know to build inferences and make hypotheses that can then be tested. We can look at the effigy pipes from Hopewell sites and observe that they are all animals and infer that the natural world was very important to their culture and beliefs. Then we can hypothesize that perhaps arrowheads were mean to hunt smaller animals while spears were for hunting large animals. For example, comparing an arrowhead and a spearhead we can observe the differences in size and shape and infer that longer objects probably pierce deeper into muscle. BackgroundĪrtifacts are more than just objects they provide important information about people of the past.
Recognize limitations to our power of observation and inference. Apply their skills of observation and inference to understand how everyday objects represent the culture of a particular group.Ĥ. Use inferences to interpret or explain something.ģ.
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Learn how to develop inferences or educated guess from observations they make.Ģ. What do artifacts, or the materials that people leave behind, tell us about their beliefs, values, and what they did during their everyday life? Objectiveġ.
Use standards and criteria to support opinions and views. Evaluating: Make informed judgements about the value of ideas or materials. Creating: Bring together parts (elements, compounds) of knowledge to form a whole and build relationships for NEW situations. Analyzing: Break down a concept or idea into parts and show the relationships among the parts. Applying: Apply an abstract idea in a concrete situation to solve a problem or relate it to a prior experience. Science - Science Inquiry and Application Strand - Grades 3-4 Thinking Skills: Remembering: Recalling or recognizing information ideas, and principles. Grade Level: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade Subject: Literacy and Language Arts,Science,Social Studies Lesson Duration: 60 Minutes Common Core Standards: 3.RI.7, 4.RI.1, 4.RI.7 State Standards: OH English, Social Studies, Science Grade level 3-4
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