As part of a grant from the FY25 Historic Preservation
Non-Capital Grant Program, Towson University (Baltimore Community Archaeology Laboratory) and
Digging Deeper Educational Consulting hosted a multi-day workshop at North Point State Park, offering
K-12 teachers hands-on archaeological experience in fieldwork, lab, and classroom settings. Participants
created lesson plans focused on responsible archaeology through classroom engagement.
All lesson plans are free to download below! They are categorized by age group, but many can be adapted for
any grade. Click on the lesson plan title to download it in ZIP format.
Elementary School Lessons
Created by Rebecca Otte
This lesson outlines options for instructional seminars, which are interest-based units conducted
during students’ recess time. These instructional seminars focus on archaeology basics and include
activities, games, and read-alongs.
Created by Katie Cole
This lesson includes two days of discussion about archaeology basics, and a lab activity focused on
teaching stratigraphy.
Middle School Lessons
Created by Alex Bohaska
This lesson includes five days of activities and worksheets focused on archaeology basics, tools
for archaeology, stratigraphy, context, artifact categorization, and preservation/conservation.
Created by Angela Shamp
This lesson includes instructional activities and worksheets focused on archaeology basics, stratigraphy,
and artifact identification. Plans also include mini-projects for students to complete.
Created by Mary Jones
This lesson incorporates mathematics standards with an archaeological dig simulation to explore historical
concepts. Students will learn about archaeological mapping and coordinate planes.
Created by Zachary Williams
This lesson includes primary sources, archaeological data, and worksheets to help students learn about
how Native populations lived in North America prior to European arrival.
Created by Danielle Green
This lesson includes activities and a worksheet focused on the importance of artifacts. The lesson
specifically used an excerpt from The House on Mango Street to help students understand how items in a
home (artifacts) represent meaning to the people who live there.
Created by Brian Yates
This lesson includes a worksheet and writing prompts to help students analyze the role of native sovereignty
in contemporary law.
High School Lessons
Created by Adam Brahosky
This lesson includes activities and writing prompts designed to allow students to recognize the importance
of studying archaeological evidence in order to form a more accurate depiction of early societies on
their own terms instead of based on a culturally biased narrative.
Created by Victoria Turnell
This lesson includes three days of worksheets and primary documents for students to review to learn more
about how legislation has shaped indigenous peoples’ sovereignty and identity.
Created by Chris Gooding
This lesson includes primary and secondary sources focused on the Starving Time in early Jamestown, as well
as a document-based questions (DBQ) prompt.
Created by Rebecca Crow
This lesson includes a writing prompt and primary and secondary sources for students to review that focuses
on comparing interactions between Native American societies and European settlers between 1450-1900.
Note: This project has been financed in part with State funds from the Maryland Historical Trust, an
instrumentality of the State of Maryland. However, project contents or opinions do not necessarily reflect
the views or policies of the Maryland Historical Trust.