How Civilized Creating Internet Scavenger Hunts About Ancient Civilizations

The New York Times Co. presents a lesson plan entitled "How Civilized! Creating Internet Scavenger Hunts About Ancient Civilizations," by Alison Zimbalist and Lorin Driggs and published February 18, 1999. The lesson plan is based on a newspaper article and is for students in grades six through twelve. Students investigate the Internet's role in "preserving" the ruins of ancient civilizations. The authors include the time required, objectives, materials needed, and the procedures for the lesson plan.