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Creating your own rock art
In Intrigue of the Past, page 5.4
Students will use regional rock art symbols or their own symbols to cooperatively create a rock art panel. They will also use a replica of a vandalized rock art panel to examine their feelings about rock art vandalism and discuss ways to protect rock art and other archaeological sites.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
Site robbers
In Intrigue of the Past, page 5.6
Students will use an interview with a Native American to write a newspaper article or letter that expresses concern about robbing archaeological sites.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Intrigue of the Past
Lesson plans and essays for teachers and students explore North Carolina's past before European contact. Designed for grades four through eight, the web edition of this book covers fundamental concepts, processes, and issues of archaeology, and describes the peoples and cultures of the Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian periods.
Format: book (multiple pages)

Resources on the web

Interpreting rock art of the Anasazi
Students are introduced to the ancient Anasazi people through samples of rock art preserved in the public lands of the Four Corners region. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic
Wikipedia
An encyclopedia written collaboratively by its readers. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: WikiMedia Foundation