Topic Four (1.4): Why is it important to conserve the remains of the Ancient past?

Topics Icon.png Objectives for this topic

  • To investigate World Heritage sites, why they should be preserved and what threats they may face.

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In this topic you will be looking at the World Heritage List and protected sites. You will be looking at sites that are under threat and how ancient sites are conserved.

Interact Icon.png Working through your coursebook

Please work through the following sections in your coursebook, completing all listed exercises:

  • Learn all about the conservation of the Ancient Past by reading pages 66 to 71.
  • After this you need to do activities 1-4 and 6 of Check your learning on page 72

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  • Find out about the Ancient Ruins of Babylon and the Tomb of Menna and then complete activities 1 and 2 of Case Study: Check your learning, page 71. You can add your answers to worksheet 1.8 if you wish.
  • Complete activities 1 to 5 of checkpoint 1E on page 73.

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Bridge Icon.png  Support activity for this topic

  • Access UNESCO’s World Heritage Map. Create a guide for one of the sites which includes: a Map, World Heritage criteria, risks for the site, and what is being done to protect it.

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Stretch Icon.png Extension activity for this topic

  • Case Study: Lake Mungo. Use pages 58 to 59 of the coursebook and your own internet research. Create one of the following: an illustrated printed guidebook to Lake Mungo that explains to visitors why it is significant and how to treat the site to ensure its preservation in an age of tourism; a digital equivalent of the guidebook; a poster that conveys the same information; a podcast reporting ongoing discoveries from the Lake Mungo area that have helped shape our understanding of the past.
  • Case Study: Lake Mungo. Undertake a source analysis of the main sources that have helped our understanding of human occupation of the site, commenting on the nature of each source, the history of its discovery, any conflicts over interpretation and your own interpretation of the sources.

Download Icon.png Check your answers

If you would like to check your answers for this part of the module, you can consult:

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