Written in Bone

"The study of past events"

• History

• Examine

• Evidence

• Mystery

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

"Something that proves something else is true"

• Excavate

• Examine

• Evidence

• Mystery

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"To uncover something by digging in the dirt"

• Mystery

• Examine

• Evidence

• Excavate

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Something that is not known or difficult to explain"

• Excavate

• Mystery

• History

• Evidence

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

"to look closely at something to learn about it"

• History

• Mystery

• Examine

• Evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A branch of science that helps us learn about people of the past.

• Archaeologist 
• Forensic anthropologist 
• Anthropologist 

A specialist who examines skeletons for clues that will provide evidence about the life and death of the people to whom they belonged.

• archaeologist 
• Forensic Anthropologist 
• Botanist 

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

objects made and used by early humans, usually dug up by archaeologists

• debris
• bones 
• artifacts

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

surface layer of soil, the upper part of the dirt

• topsoil
• sub soil
• astroturf

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

the layer of soil beneath the top soil

• topsoil
• sub soil
• substitute soil 

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5