Students will learn about the field of archaeology and its related jobs.  We will look at the technology behind finding a site, its excavation, how to clean artefacts, their analysis and publication.  This hands-on class will ignite their imagination as they will gather various objects and create a storyline about how ancient people used them.

I am a trained archaeologist, and I excavated at sites such as Mytilene and Kommos in Greece for many field seasons. I have travelled extensively through Europe, and I have taught Greek and Roman art, archaeology and mythology at Concordia University, Montréal.  I held a position at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada, where I created and led tours for children on the topics of Greek, Roman and Egyptian archaeology, the Medieval period, dinosaurs and natural history. More recently, I have taught labs on water science and solar energy to Kindergarten and Grade 1 students through Scientists in School. Since July 2021, I have had the pleasure of teaching many archaeology and ancient civilizations classes on Outschool. 

I will present the class material through the use of slides from my own extensive private collection and from archaeological excavations and museum collections.  
As an archaeologist, I base my classes on scholarly texts, scientific secondary sources such as textbooks, scholarly journals (Archaeology Magazine, National Geographic, Penn University publications, etc.), and archaeological reports, while keeping it age appropriate.  Other visuals than my own are drawn from sites such as Open Licensed Images, Ancient World Image Bank, World History Encyclopedia, the New York Public Library Digital Collection, and Public Domain Pictures. All sites allow for free use of images, with credits.
For the specific purpose of this class, I use a USB camera, which allows me to switch from my laptop camera to my work table where the learners can clearly see my dig box as I excavate along with them.  This process reinforces the archaeological practices that we address in Week 1.
Learners do not need to access any external sites during class.