Mysterious Moai: The Giant Heads of Easter Island
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5 min3rd4th5th6thSocial Studies
Summary
A short FreeSchool explainer on mysterious moai: the giant heads of easter island. FreeSchool's clear, calm narration makes it an easy clip to drop into a 3/4-grade lesson.
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Mysterious Moai: The Giant Heads of Easter Island is a short FreeSchool explainer you can drop into a lesson.
- Who were these people, and when did they live?
- How was their daily life different from ours?
- What did they build or invent that we still talk about?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: culture, ancient, civilization.
Try it: Draw one thing these people made and label it.