| Grade 8 students in the separate school board's
enrichment withdrawal program have learned important lessons from the study
of ancient cultures. Even if other Grade 8 students created those "cultures."
Eric Mardero, a teacher in the program run by the Sudbury Catholic District School Board, said his class of 20 students enjoyed a recent field trip to Killarney, digging up biried artifacts left behind by another class of gifted Grade 8 students last spring. The students buried the remnants of the mysterious culture they created in a 15-by-20 foot plot, about one kilometre from St. Joseph Separate School. Remnants included pieces of pottery, |
clothing and animal bones as well as religious articfacts.
By carefully applying the lessons learned by actual archaeologists involved in major digs, students got a chance to study a complex culture first-hand and unravel its many secrets without having to travel far afield, said Mardero. And besides, there's no guarantee that remnants of ancient civilizations can be found, even in the most promising of archaeological digs, said Mardero. Students were assisted by Moe Taus, St. Joseph Separate School's principal and by Anne Reid, a retired teacher at the school. She helped last year's class bury the artifacts. |
