Elicit non-trivial dialogue from students. Guide students to reflection and analysis of the experience. Encourage students to share their perceptions and beliefs. Summarize and review similarities and differences.

Individual and group determinations.

Objective: To become aware of how we use the analog of our own experience to make assumptions and draw conclusions.

Activity: Identification and discussion of assortment of things left behind . . . cracker crumbs . . . empty cup with residue . . . paper with shape cutout . . . shoe with heel worn in a certain way . . . an unusual old hat with a feature in the headband. What did someone eat or drink? What shape is missing? Why might it be gone? What kind of person wore the shoe? What age might he/she have been? How might this person have walked? How do we know? What might the person who wore this hat look like? What might the person do? What can we determine from what is left? How can we reconstruct what is missing? How can we validate?

Assessment: Active response both oral and written.