Employee/Teacher Historical
Archaeology Workshop
Jimmy
Carter National Historic Site, Plains, Georgia
Application:
Dates TBA
Description,
hotels, etc. | Proposed Agenda
| Contact
Delivery Method:
Classroom, field trips
Description:
This
three-day Employee/Teacher Historical Archaeology
Workshop brings historical archaeologists and education
specialists from the southeastern United States to
instruct teachers, educators, archeologists, and site
interpretation specialists on the fundamental concepts
of historic archaeology, public interpretation, and
strategies for developing creative lesson plans and
sharing classroom ideas using state curriculum guidelines.
National Park Service sites in Georgia are discussed
as models used to study historical documents, architectural
features of the landscape, and material culture of
the past. The workshop will be ideal for teachers,
site managers, archeologists, interpreters, educators,
museum specialists, and other persons who seek to
broaden their knowledge and skills in public interpretation/presentation
and who also routinely interact with public and primary
education teachers.
The
workshop is adapted as a developmental opportunity
for interagency, state, and federal park interpreters,
educators, and archeologists. This is a great opportunity
to associate and collaborate with teachers and learn
from some of the best and experienced scholars and
historic archaeology educators in the region. The
workshop will address the newly developed archaeology/interpretation
shared competency standards as well as overall standards
for interpretation in the National Park Service. The
workshop will provide enhanced training opportunities
for both state and federal employees in education
and public interpretation of historical archaeology.
The workshop will provide a unique opportunity for
public employees to receive state-of-the-art training
in public interpretation with a bonus of interfacing
with teachers and instructors in award-winning archaeology
education programs.
Instructors
include archeologists from the National Park Service’s
Southeast Archeological Center and the Georgia Department
of Transportation, educators from the Georgia Department
of Education, as well as other experts in education
and interpretation. They include: Don Wollenhaupt,
Chief of Interpretation, NPS Southeast Regional Office;
John Beck, interpretation/education specialist, NPS
Southeast Regional Office; Annette Wise, Georgia Department
of Education and Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
(JICA); Rita Elliott, archeologist and education specialist,
Southern Research; John Jameson, archeologist and
public interpretation lead, Southeast Archeological
Center, National Park Service; Steve Theus, interpretive
specialist, JICA; John Cornelison, historical archeologist,
Southeast Archeological Center, National Park Service;
and Eric Duff, archeologist, Georgia Department of
Transportation.
The agenda will consist
of presentations and field trips to local sites. Sessions
include discussions of education and interpretation
programs at Jimmy Carter National Historic Site and
Andersonville National Historic Site; the nature and
goals of historical archaeology; archeology, interpretation
and education at Jimmy Carter NHS, field trips to
JICA Boyhood Home and Andersonville National Historic
Site, and the art and nature of effective interpretation.
Parallel sessions address standards in the effective
interpretation of archeology, archeology education
and curriculum development, developing creative lesson
plans and sharing classroom ideas using State Curriculum
Guidelines, and ideas for teaching and public interpretation
appropriate for schools, parks, and sites.
The
workshop curriculum would draw from, but not be excluded
to, the National Park Service Archeology-Interpretation
Shared Competency Training Module (Module 440) that
stresses interdisciplinary communication, teamwork,
and sensitive interpretation/education to multicultural
audiences. Instructors will include local, regional,
and national-level experts. The workshop is a model
for the establishment of interagency and local partnerships
for both federal and state employees. It helps to
accomplish the goals set by the U.S. Secretary of
Interior in his statement for a national strategy
in Federal archaeology that emphasize public education
and participation as well as interagency information
exchange.
Relevant to NPS Competencies:
Interpretation and Education, Cultural Resources
Stewardship, Archeology/Interpretation Shared Competency
(Module 440).
Target Audience:
Interpreters, education specialists, archeologists,
program managers, and other persons who are responsible
for historical and cultural interpretation and education
programs.
Notables:
- Class size: 20 participants,
including NPS interpreters and archeologists,
Georgia and other state teachers, other interagency
participants.
- Dates:
3 Days (20 hours).
- Location: Jimmy
Carter National Historic Site, Plains, Georgia
- Hotels:
Jameson
Inn
1605 Cordele Road, Americus, GA
229-924-2726
Holiday Inn Express
1611 E Lamar Street - Americus
229-928-5400
Windsor Hotel
125 Lamar Street - Americus
229-924-1555
Plains Inn (restored building by President and
Mrs. Carter)
106 Main Street
229-824-451
Additional Pre-requisite
Notes: No
Begin Time: 8:30
am, Day One.
End Time: 12:00
noon, Day Three.
Event Funding: Tuition/Fees:
$100 per participant. Benefiting account pays participants’ travel and per diem.
Location: Jimmy
Carter National Historic Site, Plains, Georgia.
Event Minimum:
12 (teachers and employees).
Event Maximum:
20.
Program/Workshop
Coordinators/Contacts:
·
John
Jameson, Southeast Archeological Center, National Park Service, e-mail: john_jameson@nps.gov, phone: (850) 580-3011
ext. 243.
·
Annette
Wise, Georgia Department of Education and Jimmy Carter
National Historic Site, e-mail: plainsed@sowega.net, phone: (229) 824-4104
ext.16.
Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
Employee/Teacher Historical Archaeology
Workshop
Plains, Georgia
Proposed
Agenda
Day
One – Morning
Introductions,
descriptions of training objectives
--Superintendent,
Annette Wise, John Jameson
The
JICA and ANDE Education Programs
--Annette
Wise, Steve Theus, park staff
The
nature and goals of historical archaeology
--NPS and GA DOT staff
Archeology
at Jimmy Carter NHS
--
NPS and GA DOT staff
Day
One - Afternoon
Field trip to JICA Boyhood
Home
--Park Staff
Onsite discussion of archeology,
interpretation, and education at the Boyhood
Home
--NPS and GA DOT staff, Annette Wise
Day
Two – Morning
The art of interpretation
– making intellectual and emotional connections
--NPS staff
Parallel sessions:
1. Standards in the effective
interpretation of archeology
NPS Shared Competency Training Module
440
--John Jameson
Developing effective archeology interpretation programs and exhibits
at parks and sites, small group brainstorming/discussion
--NPS staff
Group presentations of
potential programs and exhibits
2. Archeology Education -
Curriculum Development and Standards
Archeology Education Curriculum
Developing Creative Lesson Plans & Sharing Classroom
Ideas Using State Curriculum Guidelines
Small group brainstorming/discussion
--Annette Wise, lead
Group Presentations of
Classroom Activities and Lesson Ideas
Day
Two – Afternoon
Archeology at Andersonville NHS
--NPS and GA DOT staff
Field trip to Andersonville
NHS
Onsite discussion of archeology,
interpretation, and education at Andersonville NHS
--NPS and GA DOT staff
Day Three – Morning (all)
Questions and answers
Wrap up discussions - What ideas for teaching and
public interpretation are you taking back to your
park, site, or school?
Evaluations
