Class 1 Discussion Worksheet
1. What made you decide to major in archaeology and/or to wish to become a professional archaeologist?
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2. What do your parents think of this choice?
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3. What do your friends, or people you meet, say when you tell them you are specializing in archaeology?
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4. Name up to five kinds of jobs that exist for professional archaeologists.
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5. If you hope to make a career out of archaeology, number the jobs listed above 1 to 5 in order of your career priorities. Number 1 should be your ideal job, number 2 next, etc.
6. In order of priority, name the top five cultural sites that are important to you as an American (or other nationality if not a U.S. citizen).
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7. In order of priority, name two or three cultural sites of a local or regional nature that are important to you.
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8. In a single sentence, describe the value of archaeology.
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9. Archaeologists often use terms like artifacts and sites to describe the things they study. List as many other names and terms that you can think of that archaeologists and non-archaeologists use to describe the stuff of the past.
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10. Define archaeology.
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11. Why should we do archaeology?
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