Kids Read Archaeology

Watch these short and informative videos from National Geographic (Nat Geo Kids) to understand what archaeology is all about:

Learn, laugh, and get great archaeology-related activity ideas from Miss Julia!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX5zUJn9TQY

Check out this "padlet", or virtual bulletin board, with links to more information about 10 famous digs around the world!

https://padlet.com/BaLibrary/digsites

Play this fun Kahoot trivia game all about archaeology!

https://create.kahoot.it/details/1ed812ef-1931-4f86-8dcd-a3c42e327da2

Reading Lists by Kids Read Types:

• Curious Detective
• Adventure Time
• Serial Reader
• Class Clown
• Connector 
• Magic, Dragons, and Swords

https://www.tulsalibrary.org/sites/default/files/2021-08/Dig%20Into%20Archaeology%20Text%20Set%20Read_0.pdf

These jokes will be pretty funny after learning all about archaeology!

https://www.heritagedaily.com/archaeology-jokes

Follow these instructions to create your own "dinosaur eggs"!

• https://www.steampoweredfamily.com/activities/hatch-dinosaur-eggs-with-science/

• https://parentclub.ca/2018/01/diy-dinosaur-egg-fossil-dig/

• https://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2013/04/dinosaur-activities-for-kids-eggs.html

Extra activities to pretend you are on a dinosaur dig!

• https://funlearningforkids.com/make-your-own-dinosaur-dig-excavation-activity/

• http://longlivelearning.com/2012/11/homemade-geology-dig-kit/

Who says your backyard can't be an archaeology site?

• https://tikkido.com/node/432

Gems

Grump by Liesl Shurtliff https://tccl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/4030354063

Mining

The Unofficial Book of Mining in Minecraft by Eric J.Tower https://tccl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/4350848063

https://www.priweb.org/blog-post/learn-at-home 

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs #1 Dinosaurs In the Beginning by Arnaud Plumeri https://tccl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3032894063

Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne https://tccl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/2790784063

The Haunted Dinosaur by Geronimo Stilton https://tccl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3736453063

Fossils 

Fossil Frenzy by Franklin W. Dixon https://tccl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3043444063

Colossal Fossil by Ron Roy https://tccl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3950347063

https://www.priweb.org/blog-post/concretions

https://www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/vc/

Pompeii 

• • I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii by Lauren Tarshis https://tccl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3087211063
  • The Pompeii Disaster by Dan Gutman https://tccl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/4026732063
  • You Wouldn’t Want to Live in Pompeii! By John Malam https://tccl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/2246550063

Jamestown—the 1607 colonization settlement

• • https://historicjamestowne.org/education/for-kids-and-families/
  • Explore Colonial Jamestown With Elaine Landau by Ealine Landau https://tccl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/2020752063

Egypt—King Tut

• • Who was King Tut by Roberta Edwards https://tccl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/2005146063
  • The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb by Michael Burgan https://tccl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/2082010063

Greek

• • Ancient Greece by Daniel R.  Faust https://tccl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/4354689063
  • Ancient Greeks by Anita Ganeri https://tccl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/2482108063
  • The First Olympics of Ancient Greece by Lisa M. B. Simons https://tccl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3097686063
  • Daily Life in Ancient Greece by Lisa M. B. Simons https://tccl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3097685063

Roman

• • https://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_rome.php
  • Ancient Civilizations: Romans! By Carmella Van Fleet https://tccl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/4786788063

• https://kids.kiddle.co/Anthropology
• Children Just Like Me by Catherine Saunders https://tccl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3475971063
• Pancakes to Parathas: Breakfast Around the World by Alice B. McGinty https://tccl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/4351178063