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Jim Jaeger

From the book This Fleeting World comes the question: If your school was buried in a volcano today and dug up a thousand years from now, what clues would help archaeologists figure out who were the leaders in the school?  

I have used this question before with my students when we were studying the change from hunter-gatherer societies to the early agrarian societies. For some reason there was a switch from a matrilineal (or at least somewhat egalitarian) to more of a patrilineal structure.

My students have mostly gone in the direction of needing some sort of protection making men the leaders. What other plausible theories might be out there?

Have a great weekend!

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  • My school has those very old school metal plaques that state the names of the leadership of the school... maybe those would have a fighting chance of surviving. 

    It's an interesting question - and one I'd definitely would run by students to pique their interest! Did your students come up with anything interesting or of note  ?

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  • My school has those very old school metal plaques that state the names of the leadership of the school... maybe those would have a fighting chance of surviving. 

    It's an interesting question - and one I'd definitely would run by students to pique their interest! Did your students come up with anything interesting or of note  ?

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