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Ancient Southwest Briefing
Sept 10-14
Welcome to a full year of Exploring the California Ancient Southwest with
Camp Internet !
You are joining over 35 classrooms in California, Arizona, New Mexico
and Colorado who will be exploring the Ancient Southwest online with Camp
this year and we will be bringing you fun Internet Digs and expert Trail
Guides online for fascinating question and answer sessions.
This week we invite you to read the INTRODUCTION to the Southwest track
located at
http://www.rain.org/campinternet/southwest/sw-welcome-2001.html
INTERNET DIG - What are the Mysteries of the Ancient Southwest?
This week is your first week getting familiar with our challenging INTERNET
DIGS. We are featuring "What are the Mysteries of the Ancient Southwest?"
and the Dig will use some very interesting source materials for research.
Students will refer to geology, paleontology, archeology, and their own
imaginations and ideas to prepare answers to the mysteries presented in
the Dig. From Pangaea to First Peoples, from Dinosaurs to 1.7 billion
year old rock at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, a wonderful story unfolds
in the Dig. This will give our student explorers a taste for the breadth
and depth of their upcoming studies and discoveries across the region
we identify as a unified biological, geological, and cultural region that
includes the Four Corners States, California, Baja California and Mexico.
Open Tues-Sat 7am-5pm.
MESA VERDE or CHACO VIDEO
This week is the recommended time to have students watch the MESA VERDE
or CHACO video provided with your pack to gain an understanding of this
modern mystery that still has scientists working hard to understand. Why
did they choose to build in these caves? How did living there improve
the quality of their life? Why was their stay so short ? And where did
they go ?
Submit your LESSON PLANS
If you would like to prepare a LESSON PLAN on an 'Ancient Southwest Mystery'
- focusing on natural or cultural history - as a topic (and use it as
one of the seven plans we will help you prepare and/or share during the
year), we welcome you to send us a copy of your work. Every teacher who
sends a lesson plan in will receive a color brochure or other educational
material from a national park that is actively protecting the mysteries
of the Ancient Southwest!
Again - WELCOME to the 2001-2002 Ancient Southwest Expedition !
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