U3W5 - Strange Strings

U3W5 - Strange Strings

What words do you know that help us explain the past?

Open Ended

What are two words you think of when you think of people explaining the past?

Vocab part 1

preserved - They used the preserved dinosaur DNA to create a new dinosaur.

archaeologist - The archaeologist found the remains of a town.

historian - The historian told us about President Lincoln's home.

era - The Industrial Revolution started the Modern Era.

Vocab part 2

They used the fabric remnants to make a quilt.

The historians tried to reconstruct the ancient pottery.

They picked up the fragments of glass from the floor.

They found one cup that was completely intact.

How do we explain what happened in the past?

The Inca Empire was centered in what is now Peru. It was taken by Spanish conquest in the middle of the 16th century.

Quipu

The quipu is an object that has baffled archaeologists for many years.

Was it an ancient calculator?

preserved - saved in its original form

intact - complete, whole

Multiple Choice

Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of the word intact?

• broken
• forgotten
• mistaken
• stolen

Multiple Choice

Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of the word preserved?

• blunt
• destroyed
• glossy
• responsible

What is the author's point of view?

archaeologist - a scientist who studies history by digging up human remains and artifacts

historian - expert in history

Multiple Choice

A historian is a person who...

• knows a great deal about history
• specializes in philosophy
• teaches science
• studies animals

Multiple Choice

An archaeologist is a person who digs up the remains of ancient cities to...

• change history
• study the objects found there
• plant new landscapes in their place
• determine the best conditions for vegetation

One idea of how a quipu is used

Follow the illustration to see how to count with a Quipu.

How did the quipu work?

What are your thoughts on using something like this to add?

Poll

Do you think you could figure out a quipu if you tried to learn?

• Yes

• No

Was the quipu a method of writing?

era - distinct period of time

remnants - small, leftover pieces

Multiple Choice

What does the word era mean?

• a risky undertaking
• a period of time or of history
• a wide, open space of land
• a particular place or spot

Multiple Choice

What does the word remnants mean?

• specific requests
• periodic payments
• things that correct a failure
• small parts or traces remaining

Calculator or storybook?

Researchers discuss a quipu.

What does this author think quipus were used for?

reconstruct - rebuild after it has been broken or destroyed

Multiple Choice

What does the word reconstruct mean?

• to make new
• to prove to be false
• to change for the better
• to put parts back together again

What did historians find out about the quipu?

fragments - small broken parts of something

Multiple Choice

Which word has almost the same meaning as the word fragments?

• grains
• needles
• pieces
• thorns

A historical record?

Some experts now believe that the quipu's knots, colors, and patterns made it more than just a counting device. Decoding the quipu may reveal historical records.

Poll

What do you think the quipu was used for?

• Calculator

• Language