Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home.

This resource links to KS4 and KS5/Grade 9-10 and Grade 11-12 Geography and History.

It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks (UK):
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers

• This teaching resource explains the work of the Tse’k’wa Heritage Society (THS), Dr Jon Driver (Professor Emeritus at Simon Fraser University) and Alyssa Currie, Executive Director of THS. Jon was one of the first archaeologists to excavate the Tse’k’wa site, and in recent years he has worked with Alyssa and THS to repatriate ancient artefacts back to their original site.
• This resource also contains interviews with Jon, Alyssa and the THS board, and offers an insight into careers in archaeology and cultural heritage. If your students have questions for Jon, Alyssa or the THS team, they can send them through the Futurum Careers website.

• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on the work of Jon, Alyssa and THS, and challenges them to research a historical site in their local area.

• The article and activity sheet are also available in French.

• The accompanying PowerPoint reiterates the key points in the article and encourages students to reflect on their own aspirations.

• An animation about Jon and Alyssa’s work is also available, along with a downloadable script.

This resource was first published by Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).