Reason about toolmaking across six materials and four cultures with archaeological inference
Exercise Difficulty 3 ~2 min hist.g3.s.ex_13

Open Response

Prompt

True or false: only old cultures used clay; modern cultures only use metal. Explain your answer in 2 sentences.

How it's presented
mode card prompt audio ID audio.g3s.ex 13.stem
Answer criteria
type open response
rubric
Identifies FALSE; explains that contemporary cultures still use clay (pottery, ceramics, bricks) and that contemporary cultures still use all six materials
Hints
  1. Look at MG-8 contemporary use indicators.
  2. Think about ceramic dishes, clay pots, bricks at home.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Accepting 'true' (this is the 'older=worse' framing the unit refutes)
  • Not acknowledging that all six materials are still in contemporary use