if you are mentioning the fact they are impoverished so therefore would appreciate any way of making money, perhaps a parallel to share would be how not everyone in the US can afford to own large expanses of land or property, so parks are set aside for people to enjoy and share and care for.
The same can be said for how we interpret material culture, it needs to be available to the communities at large, so they have a sharing interest in it. and how it is interpeted and used.
-----Original Message-----
From: kristen baldwin deathridge <[log in to unmask]>
To: HISTARCH <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sat, May 12, 2012 11:05 am
Subject: Re: American Diggers again (oh no, not again!)
Susan,
I think this is a key question. I suspect that whatever answer you find
hat works is also how we should be explaining the ethical problem to
veryone; not in order to talk down to people, but in order to be clear.
That said, I am not sure how best to explain it to them. An explanation of
ow historians and archaeologists learn seems essential. I am also thinking
hat a short discussion on shared heritage (although in more familiar
erms) would be helpful. The students can make analogies to their own home
ives and what items tell things about them that are different from that of
heir classmates. Even if you do not have a culturally diverse group, all
amilies do some things different and some things the same. Then ask them
o think about having someone take that part of their story away so that
he other students can't learn about it. I am just brainstorming here.
Let us know what you try, what works, and what doesn't!
risten Baldwin Deathridge
On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Susan Walter <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi All,
IF you all, like me, were trying to explain this ethical problem to a
bunch of 10 to 15 year olds, what would YOU say?
I have a lot of impoverished students here, and money is a constant issue.
My summer classes begins in a couple weeks.
S. Walter
----- Original Message ----- From: "Harding Polk" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 4:02 PM
Subject: American Diggers again (oh no, not again!)
Well they've done it again. AOL/HufffingtonPost posted another article on
American Diggers (see below). Arrrgh!
On the latest episode of “_American Digger_
(http://www.aoltv.com/show/**american-digger/9057067<http://www.aoltv.com/show/american-digger/9057067>)
" (Wed., 10 p.m. ET on Spike), Ric Savage and his crew
headed to Jamestown, Va., in search of colonial relics. But perhaps more
exciting than America’s origins was Ric Savage himself!
Savage stopped by the TVReplay studio to chat about his trip and the
amazing discovery he and the American Savage crew made: a British cannon
from
the 1700s.
After a freezing-cold dive, crew member Rue discovered it at the bottom of
a lake. The cannon, combined with a glass onion bottle and a grenade
fragment, got Ric a whopping $10,000. He called the weapon one of the most
important finds in his company’s history.
Watch our interview with Ric above – we talk British accents (he even did
one) and, of course, his “Boom Baby!” catchphrase. Indeed, Ric belted his
signature catchphrase for us – a priceless find in itself.
“American Digger” airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET on Spike.
Interesting they don't mention what lake, I'm suspecting maybe Lake
Champlain because of the cold and British references.
More curious is that he is heading to Jamestown VA. Now I know that the
entire Jamestown Island is owned by NPS, except for a ca. 10 acre parcel
owned by the Assoc. for Pres. of VA Antiquities where Jamestown Discovery
has
been excavating the original fort for the past 10 years plus. Adjacent on
the mainland is Jamestown Fort operated by the Jamestown/Yorktown
Foundation. I don't think any of them is interested in Ric Savage coming
to savage
their properties. Is he going to work offshore in the James River (like
Joel Shiner did in the 1950s) and thumb his nose at NPS and APVA? Even in
the river I'm sure he needs a state permit. There is a little private
land
on the adjacent mainland.
Its unfortunate that they are getting continued national press, but I
suppose it is to be expected when they continue to find such "important"
artifacts (read: most $ for any one artifact). One wonders what the
disposition
and, more importantly, its condition is now that it is out of its mostly
stabilized underwater environment. I'm sure as we sit here and read, it
is
popping, fizzing, flaking, and exfoliating as the oxidation process
(rusting) has been so suddenly accelerated.
My rant for today.
Harding Polk II
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