1 7 – : How historians and archaeologists investigate history, including excavation and archival research : The methods and sources used to investigate at least ONE historical controversy or mystery that has challenged historians or archaeologists, such as in the analysis of unidentified human remains (4 mins) captioned YouTube clip plus suitable facilities to view clip, including Internet access. Lesson outcome: Students about a specific project undertaken by historians in Egypt and develop a basic understanding of the work of historians and archaeologists. Lesson outline: Introduce students to the notion of historical mysteries, explaining that history is something which is continually investigated. Facilitate brief class discussion where students can contribute ideas about their existing understanding of the Sphinx. Depending on class understanding of the Sphinx, pre-teach accordingly, including key words such as archaeologist, historian etc Students view Drilling under the Sphinx (4 mins) Students conduct a think-pair-share activity in which they bring together all of the information which they have gained from the clip based on the following questions: - Who is drilling beneath the Sphinx? - Why are they drilling beneath the Sphinx? - What have they found? What haven’t they found? Teacher replays the clips and students are instructed to look out for new information which they did not understand upon the first viewing. This information is then shared within small groups. Using the information from the clip, students individually compose short news articles about drilling under the Sphinx. Explain to students that they must include as much information from the clip as possible and that they should look to make their articles interesting and include quotes. The quotes can be easily found by using the captions displayed ion screen. Remind them that they are to approach the task from a historical perspective, so they should emphasise the historical importance of the project.
1 7 – : How historians and archaeologists investigate history, including excavation and archival research : The methods and sources used to investigate at least ONE historical controversy or mystery that has challenged historians or archaeologists, such as in the analysis of unidentified human remains (4 mins) captioned YouTube clip plus suitable facilities to view clip, including Internet access. Lesson outcome: Students about a specific project undertaken by historians in Egypt and develop a basic understanding of the work of historians and archaeologists. Lesson outline: Introduce students to the notion of historical mysteries, explaining that history is something which is continually investigated. Facilitate brief class discussion where students can contribute ideas about their existing understanding of the Sphinx. Depending on class understanding of the Sphinx, pre-teach accordingly, including key words such as archaeologist, historian etc Students view Drilling under the Sphinx (4 mins) Students conduct a think-pair-share activity in which they bring together all of the information which they have gained from the clip based on the following questions: - Who is drilling beneath the Sphinx? - Why are they drilling beneath the Sphinx? - What have they found? What haven’t they found? Teacher replays the clips and students are instructed to look out for new information which they did not understand upon the first viewing. This information is then shared within small groups. Using the information from the clip, students individually compose short news articles about drilling under the Sphinx. Explain to students that they must include as much information from the clip as possible and that they should look to make their articles interesting and include quotes. The quotes can be easily found by using the captions displayed ion screen. Remind them that they are to approach the task from a historical perspective, so they should emphasise the historical importance of the project.