1999. Julie Coan. This terrific, interactive unit virtually allows students to step into the shoes of an archaeologist. Each lesson is directed toward one or more critical thinking skills-application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation, deductive/inductive reasoning, and hypothesizing. As they apply these skills, students will dig for the artifacts of an ancient civilization and learn to reconstruct its culture by examining those artifacts, learn to determine the age of an artifact the way an archaeologist does, join a hunter-gatherer society vying for existence against an agricultural society, and experience the necessity of government in developing a civilization. Contains 65 activities, student worksheets, teaching techniques, and an answer key. 120 pages, soft cover, b&w illustrations. Grades 5-8.