On 24th August, 2017, students of
grade 5 had an engaging skype session with an archaeologist, Danika Parikh, who is based in Cambridge, the United
Kingdom. She is working on a project connected with the Indus Valley
civilisation. This skype session was arranged to help
the students enrich their understanding of their ongoing inquiry on “Ancient
civilizations and their connection to the modern day society”.
During the
Skype session the children were completely engrossed in the conversation with
Ms. Danika. She gave them an insight into an archaeologist's life wherein she shared
about how difficult it is. She talked about the tools they use too. Ms. Dhanika told us about her rare find (a
6000 year old pottery) as well. She shared the journey she and her team
undertook for the find. She shared that after a search process which went on
for days they figured out that they were on an incorrect path. 
She told us
about many different artefacts along with first hand information about them. It
was interesting for us to learn how archaeologists find out information about
the various objects they discover - their age, their importance, where they
belonged, and what they tell us about the civilization. The students loved to
learn about things which were so old yet had a connection with the modern day
society. It was a wonderful learning experience for us all where we could see
the connection between the past and the present through evidences.
Towards the
end of the session, many of the children felt inspired to become an
archaeologist and take it up as a profession.
