Wrapping Things Up

Time really flies those five weeks what seemed like just a week. I remember on how diverse the room felt from people that came all the way from Hong Kong and the closest was Andover. I remember that first day sitting around the whole table and Sid saying his name was Siddarth Vader and we all laughed. The big thing that I will take away from this class is harder then it really seems it’s not about just digging up artifacts but also having to date them and figuring out where to dig the test pit. I have also learned that even the president won’t listen to the court and will tell the court that it should reinforce it in my final project of Trail of Tears. Also out of that research I did learn that the U.S. military did have to use force as a way of getting moving the Cherokee and that it was a very hard thing on the Cherokee. We learned about many cultures from Nacerima to the Sea dogs of queen Elizabeth. The Cornell notes that we took for all of these different things we learned about helped me get a better understanding than what I normally take notes. It makes it easier to look back and just be able to read the summary to know what the notes are about instead of reading all the notes.

The field trips we went on were both informative but at the same time interesting to look and read. Some field trips were hands on while others were about learning about Native American culture. I even learned how to measure the length and width of a pipe, which is very interesting to find out, and once you are able to find the length and width you can tell the time period it was made in. Also what was interesting about this course was that we were able to see a backyard excavation and what you might find in your backyard and gave people and idea to dig up their backyard.