--- title: "CERCA Now: Museums and Artifacts" description: 3 Topic to Spark Courageous Thinking This Week! --- [Blog | ThinkCERCA ](https://blog.thinkcerca.com) # [CERCA Now: Museums and Artifacts](https://blog.thinkcerca.com/museums) Written by [ThinkCERCA Team](https://blog.thinkcerca.com/author/thinkcerca-team) | May 09, 2022 #### Try our QuickCERCAs Additional reading practice, comprehension checks, and discussion questions in under 15 minutes! | ## ## ELEMENTARY [Reclaiming the Past](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/collections/lessons/32648?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8mjSTmS4jDSoDB3_rLKcOugiSzum18NH84JXHJwwGon4oMh9sLFF-T4bj6Xt9AeaPtjyAc) | ## ## MIDDLE [Over 9,000 Years Later, Kennewick Man Will Be Given a Native American Burial](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/collections/lessons/32649?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8mjSTmS4jDSoDB3_rLKcOugiSzum18NH84JXHJwwGon4oMh9sLFF-T4bj6Xt9AeaPtjyAc) | ## ## HIGH SCHOOL [Trafficking Culture](https://learn.thinkcerca.com/teacher/collections/lessons/32650?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8mjSTmS4jDSoDB3_rLKcOugiSzum18NH84JXHJwwGon4oMh9sLFF-T4bj6Xt9AeaPtjyAc) | | --- | --- | --- |   # Custom Lessons Did you know that you can create your own Close Reading & Writing Lessons in ThinkCERCA? [See how it works](https://info.thinkcerca.com/e3t/Ctc/RE+113/chwFg04/VVZBTV3LkDKYN5Lh6WgcfBcPW6R-97G4J1dG2N4Rsyg53q3nJV1-WJV7CgDmhW70-jQY6c0FZ2W2G5jMW26pkJzW7qMmlM4vjKZBW1Z-Npn9ljCPXW44HnJ96KVRKkW4kHNp34rBfYgW8bxJv26zN5SkW824--v90_kWpW905-Rg8pJdMDVpt90t5cMZ9NN4pw9-vd4G8lW941ZgW51Z_8RW9fZpch4HLwM8VYYdlJ7SZH1-W3-j1sb5t6TsSW42X_qF7ZdRW5W17lg1j5YspCCW7mwG-v5fHTnhW69rqVf2tZbkbW4MlyHJ8BxSRHW97qs3s4mQH1nW448Kv035RfwBN5k_glMW32X8W7yjv5D4P-VR332zg1). #### ELEMENTARY What can the study of ancient bones tell us about people of the past? [Video Resource](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T24hdchCVIg&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8mjSTmS4jDSoDB3_rLKcOugiSzum18NH84JXHJwwGon4oMh9sLFF-T4bj6Xt9AeaPtjyAc) __________________ #### MIDDLE What arguments can be made for keeping artifacts in museums? What arguments are made for returning artifacts to their places of origin? [Video Resource](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOiRls25Gvg&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8mjSTmS4jDSoDB3_rLKcOugiSzum18NH84JXHJwwGon4oMh9sLFF-T4bj6Xt9AeaPtjyAc) _________________ #### HIGH SCHOOL How does international conflict make cultural artifacts vulnerable to illegal theft? 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We hope that you and your students find inspiration in these catalysts for change, today and every day. 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