Hello,
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I thought the Independent School Educators listserv members might be
interested in a new professional development opportunity the University o=
f
Wisconsin=96La Crosse will be offering this coming summer: a National
Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for Teachers. You=92ll find
brief information about the institute below. Could you please share this
information with the Independent School Educators listserv members? If yo=
u
have any questions or need additional information, please let me know.
Thanks for your assistance!
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Bonnie Jancik
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Exploring the Past: Archaeology in the Upper Mississippi River Valley
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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=ADo=
ur
2011 NEH Summer Institute features all this and more.
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The Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at the University of
Wisconsin=96La Crosse will offer a three-week NEH Summer Institute on Jul=
y
11=9629, 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.=20
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The Institute will feature a one-day excavation experience, field trips t=
o
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.
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Application and other information on the Institute is available online at
[ http://www.uwlax.edu/mvac/neh.htm ] http://www.uwlax.edu/mvac/neh.htm.
The deadline for applications is March 1, 2011.
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Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this
program do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for th=
e
Humanities.=20
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@uwlax.edu
Visit the MVAC World Wide Web site at:=20
[ http://www.uwlax.edu/mvac ] http://www.uwlax.edu/mvac
Visit the UW-L Archaeology Studies Program at:=20
[ http://www.uwlax.edu/Sociology/Archaeology ]
http://www.uwlax.edu/Sociology/Archaeology
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