[OR_Archaeology] NEH Summer Institute for Teachers

[Susan White]

Hello,

Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at the University of Wisconsin -
La
Crosse will be hosting a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer
Institute for Teachers this summer.  I would appreciate it if you
would
please share information (see below) about the project with the
teachers in
your area.  Please let me know if you have any questions or need
additional
information.  Thanks for any assistance!

Bonnie Jancik

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
environments-our
2011 NEH 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 11–29,
2011.
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
1, 2011.




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.bonn at 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