Linking Southwest Heritage through Archaeology: Engaging Diverse High School Students and Their Communities

Summary

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 the University of Arizona campus. In combination with these visits, program participants learn about Southwest United States history through an archaeological lens. The emphasis of LSHTA is to participate in: 1) experiential informal education activities that provide students with hands-on, in-the-field opportunities, such as participation in excavation experiences, site tours, and tours of archaeological laboratories; 2) visits to traditional and local communities to learn about their heritage programs; 3) interpreted visits to NPS and other heritage sites; and 4) positive experiences on a university campus that open up windows for potential educational and career opportunities. This process allows students to gain a deeper knowledge of the diversity of their own and others’ Southwest culture.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)   •
• NPS Archeology: Engaging the Public through Education and Recreation

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Abstract Id(s): 23431