🕵️ Artifact Detectives Clue Sort

Students rotate through mystery object and image stations such as a railroad item, recipe card, instrument photo, trade good, and family travel image. In small groups, they use a class observation chart to list what they notice, what they infer, and which world event clue might connect to Kentucky, then share one strongest piece of evidence with the class. The teacher closes by introducing the driving question and previewing that students will test their ideas with museum evidence.