This package includes a four-page, three-part project suitable to social studies or earth sciences classrooms. It can be used as a stand-alone activity, or as part of a larger minerals unit. It is also easily suited to cross-curricular learning, touching on ancient civilizations, early human history, the industrial revolution, natural resources, and the environmental impacts of mining. After a two-page reading on the history of copper mining, students are asked to complete three tasks:1. A mappi