ARCHAEOLOGY RESOURCES
FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS
By Richard Panchyk
Chapter 4 focuses on Sumeria, Babylon and Egypt, and Chapter 5 covers Greece and Rome. Helpful resources: how to identify civilizations from their remains, the invention of writing, a seriation game (how to put things in date order), early commerce, basic pottery classification, how to build a screen for sifting artifacts, a stratigraphy game, how to make a simple oil lamp, how to find the circumference of an artifact, and how to preserve artifacts. Includes glossary, web sites for further exploration, and bibliography. Chicago Review Press, 2001. Illus. ed. paperback, 150 pages. ISBN: 978-1556523953. Grades 5-9.
Michael W. Carroll, author, and Caroline Carroll, illustrator.
nvestigate stories and mysteries that you've always wondered about through Exploring Ancient Cities of the Bible. The mysteries and well-researched answers, the graphic photos and penetrating paintings, the fun facts and sidebars all inform and captivate readers, pressing them towards a better understanding of the history that changed the world. This book will make the Bible come alive and will reveal God's awesome creative power. (Cook), 2001. Hardcover, 48 pages. ISBN: 978-0781436953. Grades 4-7.
By Jane McIntosh, PhD
Get a quick overview of the world's great civilizations with these superb, full-color photographs of bronzes, buildings, paintings, and pottery. Dorling Kindersley, New York, 1994, hardcover, 64 pages. ISBN 0-7894-5864-0. Grades 4-7.
By Barbara Cork and Struan Reid
Learn the basics of archaeology—from how clues are destroyed to how old an artifact is—with this fun, simple, and complete book. Illustrated. EDC Publishing, Tulsa, 1986, paperback, 32 pages. ISBN 0-86020-865-6. Grades 4-7.