The ARC Smart mini-course encourages students to analyze interactions among cultures and their enduring contributions and connections between contemporary and ancient worlds. The trash from a lesson appears to belong to a female college student based on items like a lipstick container and lotion bottle. Google Earth shows aerial views comparing the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to the Flavian Amphitheatre in Rome. An ARC Smart Jeopardy game tests knowledge of topics like the two rivers in Mesopotamia and the world's first empire. Assessment data from spring 2012 shows significant test score improvements averaging over 700% across different student groups after taking the course.

2. About ARC Smart
The ARC Smart mini-course encourages students to “analyze the
interactions among various cultures, emphasizing their enduring
contributions and the link, despite time, between the contemporary
and ancient worlds.” – California Content State Standards Exam

3. Garbology
Who does this trash belong to?
• Lipstick Container
• Luna Bar Wrapper
• Forever 21 Receipt
• Bottle of Scented Lotion
• Midterm Paper from
Anthropology 202 course
Hypothesis: The trash belongs to a
female college student.

4. Google Earth
Above: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum,
Los Angeles, California
Below: Flavian Amphitheatre, Rome Italy

5. Artifact Handling

6. Inscriptifact

7. ARC Smart Jeopardy
• Q: The two rivers in
Mesopotamia.
– A: What are the Tigris and
Euphrates?
• Q: The ability to walk on two
feet.
– A: What is bipedalism?
• Q: The world’s first empire.
– A: What is the Akkadian
Empire?

8. Note: Assessment scores were graded on a 100-point scale
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Average Male
Average
Female
Average
Class 1 Class 2
Pre-Assessment Scores
Post-Assessment Scores
Assessment Data- Spring 2012a
859%
Improvement
921%
Improvement
813%
Improvement
726%
Improvement
1121%
Improvement