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Ötzi the Iceman

What can one body tell us about life 5,000 years ago?

In 1991 hikers found a body in an Alpine glacier. It was more than 5,300 years old. Students use four evidence cards to practice observation, inference and a claim-evidence-reasoning paragraph.

Grade 6Thinking Like a HistorianGoogle Slides1 class periodFree

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What's included

  • Mini-DBQ packet: hook, four evidence cards with easier versions, Observation → Inference → Question chart, and a C.E.R. paragraph page
  • Checklist rubric and answer key

The documents

  • Document A: The discovery in the Alps (1991)
  • Document B: His body: tattoos, health and last meal
  • Document C: His tools and clothing
  • Document D: How he died

Facts from the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, with sources listed.

Good to know

Class time
1 class period
Format
Editable Google Slides
Answer key
Included

Standards: KAS Grade 6: 6.I.UE.2, 6.I.UE.3, 6.I.CC.5