The Ancestral Puebloans developed tools from which we can learn a lot about their culture and lifeways. Students will be able to name at least three Ancestral Puebloan tools and uses for them. Students will be able to give a brief explanation of how we might infer information about a culture from its artifacts. Students will be able to form their own conclusions about Ancestral Puebloan and modern culture. Students know how various societies were affected by contacts and exchanges among diverse peoples.
Students understand the history of social organization in various societies.
Have students read and discuss the first five vocabulary words. Stop after students complete each section in order to discuss their answers. Then have students discuss how their culture may have influenced the way in which they made their pottery. Have students replicate other Ancestral Puebloan artifacts using various media, such as clay, paper mache, wood, string, etc. Have students develop their own tool for the 21 st century and explain what archeologists in the future could discover about our culture by examining this tool.