The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse will be offering a new professional development opportunity this coming summer: a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for Teachers. You'll find brief information about the institute below. Exploring the Past: Archaeology in the Upper Mississippi River Valley Walking beside thousand-year-old burial mounds, flaking raw stone into tools, learning how potsherds tell us about human behavior, and understanding how humans adapt to complex, ever-changing environmentsÂour 2010 Summer Institute features all this and more. The Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse will offer a three-week NEH Summer Institute on July 12-30, 2010. This dynamic learning experience for K-12 teachers will explore how Native Americans and Euro-Americans have adapted to the Upper Mississippi River Valley over the past 13,500 years, and how archaeology leads to an understanding of how human cultures change and adapt through time. The Institute will feature a one-day excavation experience, field trips to archaeological sites, hands-on laboratory and workshop activities, demonstrations, and classroom activities. Individual projects will help participants tailor the content to their own teaching areas. Participants receive a $2,700 stipend to help offset their expenses. Application and other information on the Institute is available online at http://www.uwlax.edu/mvac/neh.htm. The deadline for applications is March 2, 2010.
Bonnie L. Jancik Director of Public Education Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse 1725 State Street La Crosse, WI 54601 Phone: 608-785-6473 Fax: 608-785-6474 E-mail: jancik.b...@uwlax.edu Visit the MVAC World Wide Web site at: http://www.uwlax.edu/mvac Visit the UW-L Archaeology Studies Program at: http://www.uwlax.edu/Sociology/Archaeology/major.htm _______________________________________________ The WSCSS ListServ's purpose is to let Social Studies teachers in Washington better keep abreast of conferences and events that will benefit us and our students. All announcements sent to this list are moderated to ensure that they benefit the teaching of social studies. Our web site is http://www.wscss.org. To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://wscss.org/mailman/options/wscss_wscss.org. View the WSCSS archives at http://wscss.org/pipermail/wscss_wscss.org/
