![]() ![]() The kids read the descriptions and matched them with the items.įor example, Carson discovered what he calls “The Great Altar.” His description reads: ![]() I divided the students into groups and gave each group drawings of the objects Carson found and the summary descriptions he wrote for them. Since the site is actually a motel, his conclusions about religious burial objects don’t really fit with the reality. All of the conclusions he draws about the objects within are based upon this assumption that this is the CONTEXT. When he comes across the site, he assumes he is at the entrance to a tomb. Let’s just say that the conclusions Carson draws are… interesting. At the site, he discovers a host of objects, and he uses them to piece together the fabric of the ancient civilization. Carson comes upon the remains of an abandoned excavation site located in the ancient country of Usa, which was destroyed in a mass extinction event in the year 1985. Motel of the Mysteries is the story of Howard Carson, an amateur archaeologist in the year 4022. ![]() Actually, David Macaulay is to blame, but since I introduced his book Motel of the Mysteries to your children, it’s my fault, too. So if your second grade humanities student comes home and asks to worship at the toilet, I’m probably to blame. ![]()
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