Be sure to include lots of information about the infrastructure and daily life of the society. Create an illustrated timeline of important events in the history of an ancient civilization. Compare and contrast different elements of ancient civilizations. Search the Web for Web sites about archaeology or volcanoes. Visit a history museum that includes exhibits of art and artifacts from various civilizations.
Fine Arts -Evaluate the relationship between art and the society from which it comes.
You may also want to include dates of major volcanic activity and illustrate what area was affected. Science -Investigate how the ash from Mt. Vesuvius served as a preservative for the Pompeii and Herculaneum societies. Maintain a scrapbook of articles in The New York Times that discuss how technology is serving to preserve the remnants and artifacts of the past, or about current debates surrounding archaeological finds and excavations. In addition, this lesson plan may be used to address the academic standards of a specific state. Links are provided where available from each McREL standard to the Achieve website containing state standards for over 40 states.