LOST CITY MUSEUM

PRE-VISIT SUGGESTIONS

TEACHER'S GUIDE

1 Split group into three groups.

2 The worksheet can be arranged in three different sequences so that not all students are in the same room at the same time. IE: group 1 - page 1, 2, 3; group 2 page 2, 3, 1; group 3 page 3, 1, 2.

3 Students are requested to adhere to the following rules:

A. No running inside museum

B. Please keep hands off glass

C. Please do not put hands or other objects in sand or gravel in center section

D. No climbing on top of pueblos or storage bins

4 We suggest that students are not allowed in the giftshop until worksheets are completed. Then, they are welcome in small, supervised groups.

When you schedule your tour, the museum will send you a copy of the following worksheets to duplicate for your students.

Lost City Museum Worksheet

Page 1

Main Entrance:

1 Find the atlatl. Draw a sketch of it. What was it used for?

2 Find the exchange network case. List three things that were traded by Nevada Indians.

3 Find the "Mining" case. What were the Indians mining?

How did they get into the mine?

4 Find the "Recreation" case. What is your favorite artifact? Why?

5 Find the case with the oddly-shaped bowls. How do you think they got that way?

Page 2

Early Man Room (To right of main entrance, 1972 Wing)

1 Find a case with a water jar or jug legend. What materials are the jars or jugs made from?

2 Find the "Southern Paiute" case. Why do you think the pot has a pointed bottom?

3.Find a case with petroglyph drawings. Draw your favorite one. What do you think it means?

4 Find a case with Kachinas. What do you think the round things with handles on the middle shelf are?

5 Find the case with the old switchboard. What was the phone number of the museum in 1946 or 1947 (hint: It was not called Lost City Museum then.)?

Page 3

Civilian Conservation Corps Room (1981 Wing)

1 Find the metal and glass case. What is your favorite artifact? Draw it.

2 Look in the center display. List three crops the Anasazi grew.

3 Look in the long glass case. Find the cross-sections of the houses. Draw your favorite.

4 Also in the long glass case, look at the photographs. What was the original name of the museum?