The Department of Anthropology,
Montgomery College and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
announce:
Two Archaeology Workshops for Social Studies
Teachers in the Summer 2005
- Work with experienced educators from the Center for Archaeology at Oregon Ridge Nature Center in Baltimore County and the MNCPPC to learn ways of integrating archaeology into the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) Curriculum (i.e., Standards and Indicators)
- Teachers will attend a 7-day field archaeology course where they will participate in excavating at an 18th century inn in Montgomery County, Md, and at a prehistoric Indian site
- Teachers will do fieldwork to get hands on experience in the scientific methods of archaeology. Many of these methods have applications in math, science, social studies and art curriculum standards.
- Specialists have been invited to lecture and introduce topics in archaeology and material culture such as: historical ceramics, prehistoric artifacts, African American archaeology in the Chesapeake, ethics, and preservation
- Workshop includes a trip to an African American site in Montgomery County and to Mount Vernon
- Teachers will receive background readings pertaining to the topics we discuss. They will also have the opportunity to review and use an archaeology curriculum module. This module works with the Maryland State Voluntary Social Studies Standards. All entrance fees to parks are covered.
- All selected applicants will receive a two hundred dollar stipend and may obtain CPD credits. An application is available at the Register Here page. For more information contact: Professor Tara Tetrault at the Department of Anthropology, Montgomery College, 224 Humanities, 51 Mannakee Street, Rockville, MD 20850 or E-mail: Tara.Tetrault@montgomerycollege.edu
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