Life at Home in the 21st Century

What was the purpose of the article?

• Persuade

• Entertain

• Inform

• Compare

How does TV shape our home life?

• Families arrange their furniture around the TV

• Commercials affect what we buy

• Families talk about the show and the characters.

• Families argue about what to watch.

What is the effect of having TVs in more than one bedroom

• TVs keep you up later at night.

• Kids are more likely to watch TV alone

• Parents are more likely to watch TV alone

• No one fights over the controller anymore

How does an object become an archeological artifact?

• When it is used less often

• When we forget we own it

• When we throw it away

• When it becomes less popular

Seriation helps archeologists determine

• The exact age of an object

• The relative age of a layer of objects.

• How objects were used

• How long people used the objects.

A battleship graph shows...

• comparisons of different objects

• cause and effect relationships

• a pattern of use over time

• how long the object was kept

Observe means to...

• Watch

• Explain

• Stop

• Hear

Proliferation means to. . .

• accept something

• fast growth/increase

• long life

• change into something new

Municipal relates to. .

• someone's health

• school

• city

• family

Taper means to. . .

• decrease in width

• connect two things together

• remove something

• become weaker