With the right methods, studying the ancient world can be as engaging as it is informative. Many K-12 teachers, university instructors, and museum educators use hands-on, project-based, and experiential activities in their classes to increase student engagement and learning. This book aims to bring together such pedagogical methods and teaching activities about the ancient world for any educator to use. The teaching activities in this book are designed in a cookbook format so that educators can replicate these teaching "recipes” (which include materials, budget, preparation time, levels of students) in their ancient art, archaeology, social studies, and history classes. They can be implemented online or in-person, in schools, universities, libraries, museums, or at home. Find out more about the book and the contributors at: https://pinardurgunpd.wixsite.com/teachancient

Table of Contents:
Editor’s Note and Acknowledgements ; SECTION 1: Pedagogical Essays ; Introduction: Why Should We Teach and Learn about the Ancient World? – Pınar Durgun ; Activating the Ancient World with Museum Collections – Jen Thum ; Dig Doodles: Teaching Archaeology through Accessible Illustration – Hannah M. Herrick ; Open Access to Ancient Worlds: Why Open Practices Matter – Alena Buis ; Inspiring Student Motivation through Multimodal Learning – Robyn Price ; Tools for Digital Pedagogy and the Ancient World – Caroline Arbuckle MacLeod ; Collaborative Archaeology in the U.S.: Research Experiences from the American Southwest as Pedagogy – Nicholas C. Laluk and Mark R. Agostini ; SECTION 2: Teaching Activities ; Food and Agriculture ; Identifying Centers of Domestication – Christopher W. Jones ; Life on the Farm: How Can We Reconstruct Past Agricultural Choices? – Jennifer Bates ; Art, Crafts, Materials, and Makers ; Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Carving and Using Seals – Erhan Tamur and Pınar Durgun ; Carving Ancient Egyptian Reliefs – Jen Thum ; Making Lions at Babylon – Anastasia Amrhein and Elizabeth Knott ; Ancient Greek Vase Painting: Production and Conservation – Maggie Beeler, Sarah Barack, Beth Edelstein, and Chelsea A.M. Gardner ; Roman Portraiture: #veristic #classicizing – Alena Buis ; Architecture ; How and Why Did Babylonians use Quicklime? – Sandra Heinsch, Walter Kuntner, and Wilfrid Allinger-Csollich Heinsch ; Playing Architect: Designing Ancient Structures – Carl Walsh ; The Iron Age House of Graham Crackers – Cynthia Shafer-Elliott ; Language, Writing, and Texts ; How Were Clay Tablets Made and How Does Cuneiform Work? – Sara Mohr and Willis Monroe ; Writing a Cuneiform Letter – Klaus Wagensonner ; Multi-lingualism: What Language Should We Choose? – Kathryn McConaughy Medill ; Rosetta Stone – Christian Casey ; Tabula Rasa: Experiencing the Roman Wax Tablet – Nathalie Roy ; Creating Personalized Anthologies Using Primary Sources – Victoria Pichugina ; Religion, Myth, Medicine, and Magic ; The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Value of Friendship – Leticia Rovira and Cecilia Molla ; What’s Up Doc? Diagnosing & Treating Illness in Antiquity – Chelsea A.M. Gardner and Maggie Beeler ; Demon Traps! Making Late Antique Incantation Bowls – Helen Dixon ; Council of Nicaea – Nicholas Cross ; Gender and Identity ; Dolls and Archaeological Interpretation – Tine Rassalle ; Figurine Out Ancient Identities – Anastasia Amrhein ; Build Your Own Exhibition: Women at the Dawn of History – Elizabeth Knott, Agnete W. Lassen, and Klaus Wagensonner ; Games, Warfare, and Politics ; How and Why Was the Royal Game of Ur Played? – Shane M. Thompson ; Reenacting the Battle of Kadesh – Stephanie Selover ; Imperialism and Rebellion on the Roman Frontier: Boudicca’s Revolt – Gabriel Moss and Peter Raleigh ; How Were Mesoamerican Ball Games Played? – Shane M. Thompson and Carl Walsh ; Death and Burial ; Plastered Skulls and Commemoration – Pınar Durgun ; Curating a Digital Egyptian Necropolis – Caroline Arbuckle MacLeod ; Humanizing Roman History and Tragedy – Anna Accettola ; Archaeological and Digital Methodologies ; Vessel Forms and Functions – Shannon Martino ; Ethnographic Boat Recording – Sarah Ward and Ying Ying YAN ; Introduction to 2D Underwater Survey – Sarah Ward and Peter Holt ; Virtual Museum Exhibit: Humanizing the Past in the Present – Nadia Ben-Marzouk ; Podcast for Public Engagement – Nadia Ben-Marzouk and Danielle Candelora ; APPENDIX: Handouts, Translations, Examples, and Extra Materials for Printing ; Identifying the Origins of Agriculture ; Life on the Farm: How Can We Reconstruct Past Agricultural Choices? ; Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Carving and Using Seals (activity in Turkish) ; Carving an Egyptian Relief ; Making Lions at Babylon ; Roman Portraiture: #veristic #classicizing ; How Were Clay Tablets Made and How Does Cuneiform Work? ; Writing a Cuneiform Letter ; Rosetta Stone ; The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Value of Friendship (activity in Spanish) ; What’s Up Doc? Diagnosing & Treating Illness in Antiquity ; Build Your Own Exhibition: Women at the Dawn of History ; Reenacting the Battle of Kadesh ; Plastered Skulls and Commemoration (activity in Turkish) ; Ethnographic Boat Recording (materials in English and activity in Mandarin) ; Introduction to 2D Underwater Survey (materials in English and activity in Mandarin) ; Virtual Museum Exhibit: Humanizing the Past in the Present ; Podcast for Public Engagement