Strata

Getting Archaeology Into the Classroom

Middle Schoolers Excavate Their Own Tell

When I went on my first archaeological dig, with the Madaba Plains Project in Jordan during the summer of 1989, I could never have guessed the impact it and future digs would have on my eventual career as a teacher. My fascination and experience with archaeology has greatly inspired my teaching. For four years I taught social studies to seventh- and eighth-graders and now teach art for grades K through eight at John L. Coble Elementary, a small, private Christian school in Calhoun, Georgia.