Today, we began a fun and engaging lesson called History as Mystery: The Headless Romans. In this lesson, we are given the facts that an archaeological tea has discovered 30 skeletons in York England that were buried 1,800 years ago during the Roman occupation of Britain. The mystery is that each of the skeleton had been beheaded and the skull was placed near the feet. Students learn that it takes a team of scientists (archaeologists, historians, bone specialists, dental experts, etc.) from a variety of different disciplines to help solve this mystery. Students have provided various claims for who they believe the headless Romans were:
-Prisoners of War
-Slaves
-Roman Soldiers
-Native Peoples of Scotland
We will continue our mystery on Thursday, Sept. 1. All social studies classes will be meeting in the library tomorrow for the first of many visits from the educators from the Spurlock Museum. Tomorrow's presentation will focus on origin stories, and how cultures from around the world have tried to explain how the Earth was created, and how people came to be on Earth.
-Prisoners of War
-Slaves
-Roman Soldiers
-Native Peoples of Scotland
We will continue our mystery on Thursday, Sept. 1. All social studies classes will be meeting in the library tomorrow for the first of many visits from the educators from the Spurlock Museum. Tomorrow's presentation will focus on origin stories, and how cultures from around the world have tried to explain how the Earth was created, and how people came to be on Earth.