Ethics of Archaeology: Mungo Man YouTube Video

This resource is designed to go with the FREE History Detective YouTube episode on the Ethics of archaeology and Mungo Man.

The video explores the story of the discovery of Mungo Man and how this discovery changed the understanding of First Nation's history in Australia. It also explores some of the questionable ethics that were used by scientists and archeologists of the past. The video has closed captions for accessibility.

The resource can be used both in classroom lessons and online teaching. The resource goes through some pre-listening vocabulary, before looking at the historical concept of usefulness.

The worksheet has reflection questions and lyrical analysis of the song These Old Bones, which was written exclusively for the topic, and an activity for further research.

Includes an answer key!

The lyric video for These Old Bones can be accessed on YouTube.