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Grade 3 Social Studies · World 4: Living with the Land · Level 27
Artifacts Tell Stories
Figure out what tools and objects show about how people lived.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 27
- An artifact is an object made and used by people long ago: a pot, a tool, a basket. Scientists called archaeologists dig them up and study them.
- Artifacts are clues. A clay pot with burned corn inside tells us people grew corn and cooked it.
- Ask three questions: What is it made of? What was it used for? What does that tell us about how people lived?
- Try it with a grown-up: visit a museum, like the Ocmulgee Mounds museum in Macon, and play detective with the artifacts!
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:
- SS3H1.b — Compare and contrast how American Indians in each region used their environment to obtain food, clothing, and shelter.
- IPS.10 — Information Processing Skill 10: analyze artifacts (developing in Grade 3)