Mr. White’s Form II History and Citizenship class was hands-on today as they identified sherds of pottery dating back to the fifteenth century Thai capital of Sukhothai.

As the pieces were passed around, Mr. White invited students to theorize about the purpose of the fragments and hypothesize about what they might reveal about the city in which they were found. Theorizing about why some pieces were thick and rough and others were thin and smooth, some students suggested that the finer pottery might have been used for cooking, while the coarser ones may have had more utilitarian purposes. As it turns out, the pieces have been used in the kilning process but the exact use is unknown. “Sometimes we have more questions than answers,” shared Mr. White. We can’t always find the exact use of an ancient artifact but we can make an educated guess.