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Questioning Artifacts, a virtual exploration of Alcatraz Island, stimulates your students' curiosity as they conduct archeological inquiry to discover how artifacts - found and missing - influence our interpretation of history, cultures, and even ourselves.
Artist's conception of the Portola expedition's first sighting of the San Francisco Bay from Sweeney Ridge in 1769.  

Did You Know?
Sweeney Ridge holds the site where the Spanish became the first Europeans to discover the San Francisco bay?

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