Purpose

This activity asks you to decide what kinds of questions scholars from different disciplines might ask about an object or a significant event. The goal is to help you solidify your understanding of the different disciplines, but more important, to get you thinking in an interdisciplinary fashion.

Process

Your job is to assemble the best research team possible to most deeply understand why Stonehenge exists. (If you are not familiar with Stonehenge, in Great Britain, open a new browser window and do a quick search to learn more about it.)

"Stonehenge2007 07 30" by garethwiscombe. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

1. Come up with the single discipline that you think would be best suited to understand why Stonehenge exists. 

2. Explain what someone from this discipline would know or want to ask about Stonehenge.

3. Why is your discipline the best for the job?