How will I benefit? Earn up to 20 professional development credit hours Receive a stipend for travel and lodging expenses and receive a free lunch during both workshop days Obtain your own copies of each units’ Student Magazine & Student Journal, as well as access to online teacher guides Provided with a set of fully developed and printed classroom materials when you use one or both of these units in your

classroom (courtesy the Kansas Historical Society) Receive free admission passes to bring your students to the Discovery Center (courtesy of Gaia Salon and Day Spa)

TEACHER WORKSHOP:

DISCOVERING ARCHEOLOGY IN THE FLINT HILLS

Sign me up! How do I register?

Space is limited so we encourage registering promptly if interested in this opportunity. To register, please contact: Jared Bixby, Curator of Education at the Discovery Center via email at Bixby@citofmhk.com or by phone at 785-587-2729, ext. 202.

What is the workshop about? The Flint Hills Discovery Center is excited to host a teacher workshop Discovering Archaeology in the Flint Hills, which will provide training in two Kansas Project Archaeology curricular units, The Archaeology of Early Agriculture in Kansas and The Archaeology of Wichita Indian Shelter in Kansas. These multi-disciplinary units address Common Core Standards and complement the exhibits in the Flint Hills Discovery Center. The workshop will be led by professional archaeologist Lauren W. Ritterbush and educator Brad Burenheide, trained facilitators of the national and state Project Archaeology program. The workshop, funded in part through a Historic Preservation Fund grant administered by the Kansas Historical Society, will provide teachers of grades 3 through 8 with engaging educational resources relevant to Kansas and archaeological stewardship. Teachers will learn about the early native peoples of the Flint Hills and gain hands-on experience that can be easily transferred to the classroom.

When and where will the workshop be held? When: Friday, February 1 & Saturday, February 2 Time Commitment: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Attendance required for both days.) Where: Flint Hills Discovery Center, 315 S. 3rd Street , Manhattan, KS

How much will this cost? Advanced registration is required, but there is no cost for registered participants, just numerous take-away benefits.

The Flint Hills Discovery Center’s Project Archaeology Teacher Workshops, which are the subject of this advertisement has been financed in part with Federal funds from the National Park Service, a division of the United States Department of the Interior, and administered by the Kansas State Historical Society. The contents and opinions, however, do not necessarily reflect the view or policies of the United States Department of the Interior or the Kansas State Historical Society.

This program receives Federal funds from the National Park Service. Regulations of the U. S. Department of the Interior strictly prohibit unlawful discrimination in departmental Federally Assisted Programs on the basis of race, color, national origin, age or handicap. Any person who believes he or she has been discriminated against in any program, activity, or facility operated by a recipient of Federal assistance should write to: Director, Equal Opportunity Program, U. S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, P.O. 37127, Washington, D.C. 20013-7127”

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By Rod Mikinski