LIVING ARCHAEOLOGY WEEKEND
Kentucky's Oldest and Largest Public Archaeology Event
LAW Educational Content and Lessons - Organized by Topic
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Culture History Resources
A Native History of Kentucky content essay /details American Indians in Kentucky, past to present (220 KB)
(c) 2012 Greenwood Press
Living in the Gorge content essay / describes humans in Red River Gorge over time, for teachers (410 KB)
(c) 2008 LAW Steering Committee
Stories From Dry Places content essay / describes human use of rockshelters, for 5th grade readers (400 KB)
(c) 2012 LAW Steering Committee
Rockshelters in the Gorge content essay / details human use of rockshelters, for middle-high school (260 KB)
(c) 2008 LAW Steering Committee
Readings and Bookmarks for Students: English Language Arts Support
Man's Best (Prehistoric) Friend content essay / describes native people and their dogs (1.4 MB)
(c) 2007 A. Gwynn Henderson (reprinted from Dig magazine)
A Hairpin's Tale content essay / tells the life of an ancient bone hairpin from Kentucky (1.0 MB)
(c) 2012 A. Gwynn Henderson (reprinted from Dig magazine)
Can You Hear the Past? content essay / describes prehistoric musical instruments (920 KB)
(c) 2013 A. Gwynn Henderson (reprinted from Dig magazine)
Forgotten Tradition content essay / describes native spinning and weaving technology (2.3 MB)
(c) 2014 Christina Pappas (reprinted from Spin-Off magazine)
Reading List / suggestions for further reading for adults and young readers (3.0 MB)
(c) 2015 LAW Steering Committee
Spearthrower-Rifleman bookmark / book suggestions for adults and young readers (365 KB)
(c) 2014 LAW Steering Committee
Sunflower bookmark / features facts about plant domestication in the Eastern U.S. (815 KB)
(c) 2014 LAW Steering Committee
Leave It Be bookmark / outlines what to do when artifacts are found on public lands (595 KB)
(c) 2014 US Forest Service
What's the Point bookmark / outlines what we learn from projectile points left in place (1.0 MB)
(c) 2015 LAW Steering Committee
Woodland Indians Resources
Kentucky Before Boone poster / illustrated time line of American Indians in Kentucky (710 KB)
(c) 1989 Kentucky Heritage Council
Kentucky Before Boone companion guide / describes early American Indians in Kentucky (725 KB)
(c) 1989 Kentucky Heritage Council
About the LAW Logo content essay / describes the LAW turtle logo and rock art site (1.6 MB)
(c) 2015 LAW Steering Committee
Forests, Forest Fires, and Their Makers booklet / describes the human story of Cliff Palace Pond (207 MB)
(c) 1999 Kentucky Heritage Council
Ancient Fires at Cliff Palace Pond video / investigates American Indian forest management with fire
(c) 2000 Kentucky Heritage Council
Ancient Fires at Cliff Palace Pond companion guide / activities for middle and high school (1.0 MB)
(c) 2000 Kentucky Heritage Council
Adena: Woodland Moundbuilders booklet / describes the lifeways of Kentucky's Adena people (337 MB)
(c) 2007 Kentucky Heritage Council
The Adena People video / illustrates the earthworks and artwork of Kentucky's Adena people
(c) 2000 Kentucky Heritage Council
The Adena People companion guide / activities for middle school social studies classes (8.3 MB)
(c) 2001 Kentucky Heritage Council
Technology Through Time poster / illustrates native technologies on a time scale (3.2 MB)
(c) 2014 Kentucky Archaeological Survey
A Word About Making Chipped-Stone Tools content essay / describes knapping and debitage (700 KB)
(c) 2013 LAW Steering Committee
A Word About Woodworking Tools content essay / describes axes, adzes, and related tools (495 KB)
(c) 2013 LAW Steering Committee
A Word About the Spearthrower content essay / describes spearthrower technology (235 KB)
(c) 2014 LAW Steering Committee
A Word About Pump Drills content essay / describes how pump drills were made and used (360 KB)
(c) 2011 LAW Steering Committee
Pump Drills poster / illustrates how pump drills were made and used (715 KB)
(c) 2011, revised 2015 LAW Steering Committee
Bent Pole Structure poster / illustrates how and when bent pole structures were made (640 KB)
(c) 2009 LAW Steering Committee
American Indian Games lesson plan / activities about chunkey, the rolling game, and horn dice (350 KB)
(c) 1994 Kentucky Archaeological Survey
Teaching Respect for Native Peoples poster / do's and don'ts for teaching about native peoples (2.6 MB)
(c) 1998 Oyate
Native Peoples, Continuing Lifeways teacher packet / covers native subsistence, technology, and arts
(c) 1994 Kentucky Heritage Council Pages 1-47 (10 MB) Pages 48-104 (10 MB) Pages 105-156 (9.3 MB)
Stereotypes and Contributions teacher packet / teaching about native stereotypes and contributions (3 MB)
(c) 1999 Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission
Native Americans: Who Are They Today? curriculum unit / covers how stereotypes affect perceptions (1 MB)
(c) 2000 Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission
A Native Presence companion guide / lessons on storytelling, site preservation, medicine, and children
(c) 2003 Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission Pages 1-34 (4.6 MB) Pages 35-70 (6.3 MB)
Dark and Bloody Ground Myth content essay / debunks the myth of the dark and bloody ground (265 KB)
(c) 2012 Greenwood Press
Native American Literature teacher guide / literature-based activities on arts, history, social issues (1.8 MB)
(c) 2001 Judy Sizemore and Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission
Why Deer Has a Short Tail content essay / a Shawnee folktale about how the deer got its short tail (1.1 MB)
(c) 2012 LAW Steering Committee
Keetoowah History activities / activities for children to learn about Keetoowah history and culture (1.6 MB)
(c) 2006 United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma
Keetoowah Stories content essay / presents Keetoowah stories in English and Cherokee syllabary (530 KB)
(c) 2007 United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma
Keetoowah Corn Husk Dolls content essay / describes the legend of the Keetoowah corn husk doll (50 KB)
(c) 2006 United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma
* resources listed in the Culture History section include content on Woodland Indians in Red River Gorge
Kentucky Pioneer Resources
Making a Corn Husk Doll content essay / step-by-step instructions for making dolls from corn husks (130 KB)
(c) 1998-2012 The Source for Learning
A Word About Grist Mills content essay / describes the tools and methods of griniding grains (240 KB)
(c) 2009 LAW Steering Committee
A Word About Spinning content essay / describes the tools and methods of spinning fibers (510 KB)
(c) 2009 LAW Steering Committee
A Word About Blacksmithing content essay / describes the tools and methods of blacksmithing (155 KB)
(c) 2009 LAW Steering Committee
A Word About Longhunters content essay / details the daily life, clothing, and tools of longhunters (240 KB)
(c) 2010 LAW Steering Committee
Investigate Gladie Cabin activity / explores the architecture of Gladie Cabin (690 KB)
(c) 2014 Jill Howe
Gladie Creek brochure / describes Gladie Cabin and the Gladie Creek community (3.2 MB)
(c) 2014 US Forest Service
* resources listed in the Culture History section include content on historic period settlers in Red River Gorge
Resources About Plant Domestication and Cultivation
World Hearth of Plant Domestication poster / native plant cultigens of the eastern US (985 KB)
(c) 2008, revised 2015 LAW Steering Committee
Plants Through Time poster / illustrates Kentucky plant foods on a time scale (3.2 MB)
(c) 2014 Kentucky Archaeological Survey
World Hearth * Sunflower content essay / covers plant domestication and sunflowers (415 KB)
(c) 2008, revised 2014 LAW Steering Committee
World Hearth * Sunflower trifold / brochure on plant domestication and sunflowers (725 KB)
(c) 2008, revised 2014 LAW Steering Committee
Sunflower seed packet / outlines cultivating, planting, harvesting, and nutrition (230 KB)
(c) 2014 LAW Steering Committee
Sunflower bookmark / features facts about plant domestication in the Eastern U.S. (815 KB)
(c) 2014 LAW Steering Committee
Sunflower recipes / recipes for sunflower seed cakes, Indian bread, soft bread, coffee, and soup (345 KB)
(c) 2008 LAW Steering Committee
World Hearth * Goosefoot content essay / describes plant domestication, featuring goosefoot (245 KB)
(c) 2009 LAW Steering Committee
World Hearth * Goosefoot trifold / brochure on plant domestication, featuring goosefoot (750 KB)
(c) 2009 LAW Steering Committee
Goosefoot seed packet / outlines cultivating, planting, harvesting, and nutritional value of goosefoot (3.1 MB)
(c) 2009 LAW Steering Committee
Goosefoot recipes / recipes for goosefoot salads and tempura fried goosefoot greens (300 KB)
(c) 2009 LAW Steering Committee
World Hearth * Squash trifold / brochure on plant domestication, featuring squash (690 KB)
(c) 2012, revised 2015 LAW Steering Committee
Squash seed packet / outlines cultivating, planting, harvesting, and nutritional value (1.8 MB)
(c) 2012, revised 2015 LAW Steering Committee
Squash recipes / spiced squash soup, squash casserole, and Cherokee squash bread (1.8 MB)
(c) 2012, revised 2015 LAW Steering Committee
Corn and Red River Gorge content essay / describes corn use by American Indians and pioneers (285 KB)
(c) 2011 LAW Steering Committee
Corn and Red River Gorge trifold / brochure on corn use by American Indians and pioneers (770 KB)
(c) 2011 LAW Steering Committee
Corn seed packet / outlines hertiage, cultivating, harvesting, and nutritional value of corn (1.7 MB)
(c) 2011 LAW Steering Committee
Corn Meal recipes / recipes for skillet corn bread, Cherokee bean bread, and Indian shuck bread (405 KB)
(c) 2011 LAW Steering Committee
Beans and Red River Gorge content essay / describes bean use by Indians and pioneers (305 KB)
(c) 2013 LAW Steering Committee
Beans and Red River Gorge trifold / brochure on bean use by Indians and pioneers (500 KB)
(c) 2013 LAW Steering Committee
Bean seed packet / outlines hertiage, cultivating, harvesting, and nutritional value of beans (1.1 MB)
(c) 2013 LAW Steering Committee
Bean recipes / recipes for shuck beans, baked beans, Cherokee bread, and three sisters fusion (1.1 MB)
(c) 2013 LAW Steering Committee
Archaeology Resources
Chronology: The Time of My Life lesson plan / activities on timelines, stratigraphy, and preservation (365 KB)
(c) 2009 LAW Steering Committee
Context poster / illustrates context, stratigraphy, and the laws of association and superposition (175 KB)
(c) 2009 LAW Steering Committee
Diagnostic Artifacts poster / illustrates chronology, diagnostic artifacts, and projectile point types (655 KB)
(c) 2009 LAW Steering Committee
Experimental Archaeology lesson plan / activities about cordage and replicating past technology (295 KB)
(c) 2009 LAW Steering Committee
Archaeology Under the Microscope content essay / outlines tool microwear analysis (445 KB)
(c) 2014 LAW Steering Committee
Could the Past Be in Your Future? handout / describes archaeology and careers in it (635 KB)
(c) n.d. Society for American Archaeology
Resources About Cultural Resources Preservation and Protection
Loving the Gorge to Death lesson plan / activities about how to best manage the land in the Gorge (125 KB)
(c) 2008 LAW Steering Committee
National Register of Historic Places content essay / describes the Register and sites in the Gorge (365 KB)
(c) 2011 LAW Steering Committee
National Register of Historic Places poster / illustrates the Register and listed sites in the Gorge (565 KB)
(c) 2011 LAW Steering Committee
Looting Steals Our History content essay / outlines what you can do to protect sites (825 KB)
(c) 2013 LAW Steering Committee
Leave No Trace teacher guide / LNT principles and activities about preserving cultural resources (85 KB)
(c) 2011 Center for Outdoor Ethics
Save Our Heritage magnet / It's Our Heritage! Protect Kentucky's Cultural Resources souvenir magnet (60 KB)
(c) 2011 LAW Steering Committee
Leave It Be bookmark / outlines what to do when artifacts are found on public lands (595 KB)
(c) 2014 US Forest Service
What's the Point bookmark / outlines what we learn from projectile points left in place (1.0 MB)
(c) 2015 LAW Steering Committee
* the Chronology lesson plan in the Archaeology section includes content on site preservation
Vocabulary Resources
Living Archaeology Weekend glossaries / terms and definitions of vocabulary used by demonstrators (150 KB)
(c) 2011 LAW Steering Committee
Living Archaeology Weekend 2008 scavenger hunt / eight questions based on LAW demonstrations (450 KB)
(c) 2008 LAW Steering Committee
Living Archaeology Weekend 2008 scavenger hunt solution / answers to scavenger hunt questions (470 KB)
(c) 2008 LAW Steering Committee
Living Archaeology Weekend 2009 scavenger hunt / eight questions based on LAW demonstrations (350 KB)
(c) 2009 LAW Steering Committee
Living Archaeology Weekend 2009 scavenger hunt solution / answers to scavenger hunt questions (355 KB)
(c) 2009 LAW Steering Committee
Living Archaeology Weekend 2011 scavenger hunt / ten questions based on LAW demonstrations (620 KB)
(c) 2011 LAW Steering Committee
Living Archaeology Weekend 2011 scavenger hunt solution / answers to scavenger hunt questions (130 KB)
(c) 2011 LAW Steering Committee
Living Archaeology Weekend 2013 scavenger hunt / ten new questions in a crossword puzzle (890 KB)
(c) 2013 LAW Steering Committee
Living Archaeology Weekend 2013 scavenger hunt solution / answers to crossword puzzle (140 KB)
(c) 2013 LAW Steering Committee
What's the Point word search / what can be learned from a projectile point (325 KB)
(c) 2015 LAW Steering Committee
What's the Point word search solution / answers to word search on projectile points (325 KB)
(c) 2015 LAW Steering Committee
Teacher Resources and Further Reading
Teacher Resources 2008 / annotated list of resources on Kentucky prehistory and prehistoric peoples (3.1 MB)
(c) 2008 LAW Steering Committee
Teacher Resources 2009 / supplemental list of resources on archaeology and Kentucky's past peoples (1.7 MB)
(c) 2009 LAW Steering Committee
Teacher Resources 2010 / supplemental list of resources on archaeology and Kentucky's past peoples (205 KB)
(c) 2010 LAW Steering Committee
Teacher Resources 2011 / supplemental list of resources on Kentucky prehistoric/historic archaeology (210 KB)
(c) 2011 LAW Steering Committee
KAS Educator Resource Guide / online guide to resources on archaeology, prehistory, and native peoples
(c) 2013 Kentucky Archaeological Survey
Reading List / suggestions for further reading for adults and young readers (3.0 MB)
(c) 2015 LAW Steering Committee
Spearthrower-Rifleman Bookmark / book suggestions for adults and young readers (365 KB)
(c) 2015 LAW Steering Committee