Heritage Education (Other Keyword)
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This is an abstract from the "NPS Archeology: Engaging the Public through Education and Recreation" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Through programs like Linking Southwest Heritage through Archaeology (LSHTA), the National Park Service (NPS) reaches out to diverse neighbor communities and highlights their cultural heritage. LSHTA introduces local high school students and educators to NPS units, other heritage sites, and archaeology-related labs on...
Making History Relevant and Sustainable: Listening to Descendant Communities through Collaboration and Partnership (2015)
Project Archaeology is a heritage education organization devoted to curriculum development that gives students the tools to better understand the cultural landscape of the world they live in. One of our main goals is to collaborate and partner with descendant communities in all that we do to research, develop, and implement our programs. In this paper we will outline our collaborative theory and practice, and our goals to encourage multiple ways of knowing, validate tribal history, and support...
Project Archaeology in Florida: Teaching and Understanding Slavery at Kingsley Plantation (2015)
The Florida Public Archaeology Network was established in 2005 and within a year hosted its first Project Archaeology: Intrigue of the Past workshop. As a proud sponsor of Project Archaeology in Florida, regional center staff partnered with the National Park Service and University of Florida to publish the first Investigating Shelter investigation in the southeast. It was also the first in the Investigating Shelter series to feature a National Park site. Investigating a Tabby Slave Cabin teacher...