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@Chellejean   
This is really an interesting video. Thanks for finding it. 

I love "making it real" archaeological-connections, especially those which could have a hands-on component I describe below...

My inner child sees MUD, STICKS, AND DIGGING --and immediately wants to try and make that roof!  I also want to try and break through that roof.  Mud, reeds, 2 saw horses (to be the beams of the roof),  tarps, trowels, digging tools.

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After making the mud roof, you would have to dig the hole in it to complete the story. This means you need to have a previously made "dry" roof.   In a multi-week Rotation, today's class would make the roof  to be "dug" in the next week's class. The first week would need a dry roof made by the teacher to dig into. I'd arrange some doll-action-figures under the roof to demonstrate the chunks and dirt flying (as described and seen in the video).

Option: I suppose you could make a small version of the mud roof to go home. Use dry mud (or clay) & reeds. You could "cut" the hole in the roof by pre-forming it as you layered mud-clay and reeds. What I would NOT do, however, is lose the mud, the smell and texture of it and the reeds. In other words, I would NOT turn this into a construction and popsicle stick craft. But I'd prefer to "go big" on this, and let the bigger more impressive activity, as well as, the mud in their nostrils and under their nails be the memory that "goes home."

The videos isn't that long, but to focus their attention, after reading through the story, I'd bring out the mud and sticks,then present the video to my kids as a "how-to" video before working to make the roof. 

I love the ideas expressed near the end of the video. Great discussion fodder during the roof making and cutting activities:

"I often wonder...why they didn't clear out down there? God's presence was so strong that nobody was moving."

"You might fall down with him. ....They were willing to take the risk (to cut the hole in the roof)."

"Fixing it would take time.... These friends had to love their friend, be determined."

"I assume these guys were willing to pay, or they came back and repaired the hole..... maybe with their healed friend!"

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