IHE Professional Development Grants, March 2021
IHE has awarded four grants for professional development workshops for teachers on cultural heritage education topics. All these are intended to provide classroom teachers with professionally prepared and research-supported materials and enable them to bring these materials to life in the classroom. Here are the award recipients:
* Nicholas Daniel Dungey, M.A., University of Denver and recent exhibit contributor to the History Colorado Center, for a workshop on a curriculum exploring the site of Amache, a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp. The investigation includes the scientific technique of pollen analysis (palynology) of the gardens the internees planted. The pollen data helps interpret life in the camp, and the project emphasizes the relevance of science to cultural heritage education.
* Exploring Joara Foundation of Morganton, North Carolina, for providing local and regional teachers with materials on the Berry archaeological site, the location of the 16th century Native American town of Joara and a short-lived Spanish occupation. The foundation has successfully developed and provided onsite interpretation and education since 2009 and will use the grant to expand their education reach to area schools.
* The John Wesley Powell River History Museum of Green River, Utah, for an investigation of pre-European rock art, with a focus on the wealth of rock art sites in the area. The workshop is intended to help connect the museum with area schools and the local community. The project is part of a larger plan to expand the museum’s permanent exhibits and to incorporate the stories of the region’s Native American past.
* Utah Project Archaeology, at Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah, for a two-part workshop featuring a cross-cultural shelter investigation and an investigation of pre-European rock art in Utah. This workshop is also funded in part by the federal Bureau of Land Management, as part of its mission of public education about the significance of archaeological sites on public lands and the importance of protecting them.
Congratulations to all, and many thanks for all you do for cultural heritage education.
