Educator's Handbook for Teaching about the Ancient World

Editor's Note and Acknowledgements ;



SECTION 1: Pedagogical Essays ;


Introduction: Why Should We Teach and Learn about the Ancient World? - Pinar Durgun ;


Activating the Ancient World with Museum Collections - Jen Thum ;


Dig Doodles: Teaching Archaeology through Accessible Illustration - Hannah M. Herrick ;


Open Access to Ancient Worlds: Why Open Practices Matter - Alena Buis ;


Inspiring Student Motivation through Multimodal Learning - Robyn Price ;


Tools for Digital Pedagogy and the Ancient World - Caroline Arbuckle MacLeod ;


Collaborative Archaeology in the U.S.: Research Experiences from the American Southwest as Pedagogy - Nicholas C. Laluk and Mark R. Agostini ;



SECTION 2: Teaching Activities ;


Food and Agriculture ;


Identifying Centers of Domestication - Christopher W. Jones ;


Life on the Farm: How Can We Reconstruct Past Agricultural Choices? - Jennifer Bates ;


Art, Crafts, Materials, and Makers ;


Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Carving and Using Seals - Erhan Tamur and Pinar Durgun ;


Carving Ancient Egyptian Reliefs - Jen Thum ;


Making Lions at Babylon - Anastasia Amrhein and Elizabeth Knott ;


Ancient Greek Vase Painting: Production and Conservation - Maggie Beeler, Sarah Barack, Beth Edelstein, and Chelsea A.M. Gardner ;


Roman Portraiture: #veristic #classicizing - Alena Buis ;


Architecture ;


How and Why Did Babylonians use Quicklime? - Sandra Heinsch, Walter Kuntner, and Wilfrid Allinger-Csollich Heinsch ;


Playing Architect: Designing Ancient Structures - Carl Walsh ;


The Iron Age House of Graham Crackers - Cynthia Shafer-Elliott ;


Language, Writing, and Texts ;


How Were Clay Tablets Made and How Does Cuneiform Work? - Sara Mohr and Willis Monroe ;


Writing a Cuneiform Letter - Klaus Wagensonner ;


Multi-lingualism: What Language Should We Choose? - Kathryn McConaughy Medill ;


Rosetta Stone - Christian Casey ;


Tabula Rasa: Experiencing the Roman Wax Tablet - Nathalie Roy ;


Creating Personalized Anthologies Using Primary Sources - Victoria Pichugina ;


Religion, Myth, Medicine, and Magic ;


The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Value of Friendship - Leticia Rovira and Cecilia Molla ;


What's Up Doc? Diagnosing & Treating Illness in Antiquity - Chelsea A.M. Gardner and Maggie Beeler ;


Demon Traps! Making Late Antique Incantation Bowls - Helen Dixon ;


Council of Nicaea - Nicholas Cross ;


Gender and Identity ;


Dolls and Archaeological Interpretation - Tine Rassalle ;


Figurine Out Ancient Identities - Anastasia Amrhein ;


Build Your Own Exhibition: Women at the Dawn of History - Elizabeth Knott, Agnete W. Lassen, and Klaus Wagensonner ;


Games, Warfare, and Politics ;


How and Why Was the Royal Game of Ur Played? - Shane M. Thompson ;


Reenacting the Battle of Kadesh - Stephanie Selover ;


Imperialism and Rebellion on the Roman Frontier: Boudicca's Revolt - Gabriel Moss and Peter Raleigh ;


How Were Mesoamerican Ball Games Played? - Shane M. Thompson and Carl Walsh ;


Death and Burial ;


Plastered Skulls and Commemoration - Pinar Durgun ;


Curating a Digital Egyptian Necropolis - Caroline Arbuckle MacLeod ;


Humanizing Roman History and Tragedy - Anna Accettola ;


Archaeological and Digital Methodologies ;


Vessel Forms and Functions - Shannon Martino ;


Ethnographic Boat Recording - Sarah Ward and Ying Ying YAN ;


Introduction to 2D Underwater Survey - Sarah Ward and Peter Holt ;


Virtual Museum Exhibit: Humanizing the Past in the Present - Nadia Ben-Marzouk ;


Podcast for Public Engagement - Nadia Ben-Marzouk and Danielle Candelora ;



APPENDIX: Handouts, Translations, Examples, and Extra Materials for Printing ;


Identifying the Origins of Agriculture ;


Life on the Farm: How Can We Reconstruct Past Agricultural Choices? ;


Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Carving and Using Seals (activity in Turkish) ;


Carving an Egyptian Relief ;


Making Lions at Babylon ;


Roman Portraiture: #veristic #classicizing ;


How Were Clay Tablets Made and How Does Cuneiform Work? ;


Writing a Cuneiform Letter ;


Rosetta Stone ;


The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Value of Friendship (activity in Spanish) ;


What's Up Doc? Diagnosing & Treating Illness in Antiquity ;


Build Your Own Exhibition: Women at the Dawn of History ;


Reenacting the Battle of Kadesh ;


Plastered Skulls and Commemoration (activity in Turkish) ;


Ethnographic Boat Recording (materials in English and activity in Mandarin) ;


Introduction to 2D Underwater Survey (materials in English and activity in Mandarin) ;


Virtual Museum Exhibit: Humanizing the Past in the Present ;


Podcast for Public Engagement

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