Archaeology for Kids: Uncovering the Mysteries of Our Past, 25 Activities (13) (For Kids series)

Good sourse for teaching archaeology to kids

This book is LOADED with quality information but fewer illustrations than expected for a book advertised to be for kids. It is hard to keep elementary kids involved in the text without supporting illustrations - especially when some of the vocabulary included is more advanced than other books on similar material. However, when we scanned for important information and completed the suggested activities in the book - we learned a lot and the kids enjoyed the text. I recommend the book but only if you plan to read it yourself before sharing with your kids and are prepared to shorten the presented information into more digestible amounts!

Great book! My daughter who is in 6th grad, had a project and oral presentation- this book had all the information she needed.

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I purchased this for our 12 year old daughter along with several other books on Archaeology for her use during our "Independent Activities Period" over the summer. I read through it quickly and found it generally well written and interesting. I would have liked more text on how archaeologists do their work, more details on the discovery processes, and more describing how a small fragment is used to reconstruct the original. My impressions is that the book is written more for the High School crowd. She is reading about a chapter a day and asks good questions over the material. Overall, I'm pleased with the purchase.

The book appears to be relatively well organized. However, only a 10 year old with very good vocabulary will be able to read it without adult assistance. So the age range noted on the cover is quite misleading. What really got me a bit turned off was that the author appears to have a strong bias towards biblical archeological findings of the past. Having grown up in the far east, I have a stronger universal acceptance of how archeology and the past history of the world should be taught to kids. There is no mention in the entire book about the Indus Valley Civilzation. Can you believe that? Go figure it out... The Indus Valley Civilzation existed well before many other civilzations. There is a one mention in the entire book of the city "Mohen jo Daro" and that too without a proper reference to the Indus Valley Civilzation. I am quite confused by the authors intent. In a world filled with conflicts, we should not throw a bias into any one religion as we teach our kids universalism and oneness. Doing so will only result in dividing us further and fragmenting the beautiful creation. There are plenty of other books out there that describe archeology in a factual and unbiased manner (majority of them written by western authors). If you are considering an unbiased book, then this is not the book for you... hence my 1 star review.

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If you're looking for fiction/non-fiction ideas about archaeology and some hands on ideas for learning about the trade, then this is a good book. There are quite a few assumptions about how people lived in the ice age, stone age, etc. And maybe I'm too literal, but how can one really know what transpired? Don't write as if you really know what happened. Plus it covers evolution, it's a good tool for conversation and discussing for creationists, it's weak if you are of the side if evolution.

Not a kids book. Dry. I'm not even going to give it to my daughter - she was so hyped up about archaeology...this will kill her passion :(

My son who ordered the book is very happy with he got from you guys - which was on time :D

My 9 year old granddaughter loves reading it and is finding it very interesting as this is the sort of thing they are now learning at school .

Lots of great ideas. Pages all one colour so kids get bored looking at it

Great - my Nephew loved it and will keep him quiet fr hours :) :)