- 1、本文档共42页,可阅读全部内容。
- 2、有哪些信誉好的足球投注网站(book118)网站文档一经付费(服务费),不意味着购买了该文档的版权,仅供个人/单位学习、研究之用,不得用于商业用途,未经授权,严禁复制、发行、汇编、翻译或者网络传播等,侵权必究。
- 3、本站所有内容均由合作方或网友上传,本站不对文档的完整性、权威性及其观点立场正确性做任何保证或承诺!文档内容仅供研究参考,付费前请自行鉴别。如您付费,意味着您自己接受本站规则且自行承担风险,本站不退款、不进行额外附加服务;查看《如何避免下载的几个坑》。如果您已付费下载过本站文档,您可以点击 这里二次下载。
- 4、如文档侵犯商业秘密、侵犯著作权、侵犯人身权等,请点击“版权申诉”(推荐),也可以打举报电话:400-050-0827(电话支持时间:9:00-18:30)。
查看更多
PAGE
PAGE 33
DATE \@ M/d/yyyy 11/13/2005
UNIT SIX: The Archaeology of Today
Note on the topic:
A common impression of “archaeology” is of scientists excavating ancient sites to find evidence of societies or individuals who died hundreds, or even thousands, of years ago. However, archaeologists are also interested in features of relatively modern societies, and how these features affect present day societies. This topic introduces students to one of the methods that archaeologists use to gain a clearer picture of modern life; they study what items society throws away. The writer suggests that some of the ideas we have about modern life are not necessarily correct. Later in the unit, students are encouraged to think about the purposes of their reading and are asked to summarise and categories information by using tables.
Before you read
There are no correct or incorrect answers to these aspects of life. Students should be encouraged to be creative in their ideas and try to relate specific items of rubbish that might be found with each aspect. Students might be asked to write ideas of sources of information on each aspect on the board. Examples of such items might include:
What people read: Old books, newspapers and magazines would be useful if they can still be read. As well as the types of each publication, the numbers of each might also show how popular each was when compared to the other.
How children play: The types and numbers of various toys might provide information on this aspect of life. The advertisements in newspapers, magazines and catalogues might also help.
Where people travel: Souvenirs from different places, again, advertisements in newspapers and travel brochures, even old airline tickets might be found. Also, old postcards written from relatives or friends may be found.
What people eat: This is probably the easiest to find information on. Food itself is perishable, so may not be useful. However, the packaging of food items (including a date
文档评论(0)