Summary
Far out in the Pacific Ocean sits Easter Island, where the Rapa Nui people carved hundreds of giant stone heads — and left a mystery about how they moved them.
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Discussion
Far out in the Pacific Ocean sits Easter Island, where the Rapa Nui people carved hundreds of giant stone heads — and left a mystery about how they moved them.
- What are the giant statues on Easter Island called?
- Why is it a mystery how such heavy statues were moved?
- What does a remote island tell us about the people who settled it?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: island, statue, Pacific.
Try it: Brainstorm three ways people with no machines could move a statue heavier than a truck.