About ARC Smart

The ARC Smart mini-course encourages students to “analyze the interactions among various cultures, emphasizing their enduring contributions and the link, despite time, between the contemporary and ancient worlds.” – California Content State Standards Exam

GarbologyWho does this trash

belong to?• Lipstick Container• Luna Bar Wrapper• Forever 21 Receipt• Bottle of Scented Lotion • Midterm Paper from

Anthropology 202 courseHypothesis: The trash

belongs to a female college student.

Google Earth

Above: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

Below: Flavian Amphitheatre, Rome Italy

Artifact Handling

Inscriptifact

ARC Smart Jeopardy• Q: The two rivers in

Mesopotamia.– A: What are the Tigris

and Euphrates?• Q: The ability to walk

on two feet.– A: What is

bipedalism?• Q: The world’s first

empire.– A: What is the

Akkadian Empire?

Note: Assessment scores were graded on a 100-point scale

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Assessment Data- Spring 2012a

859% Improvement

921% Improvement

813% Improvement

726% Improvement

1121% Improvement