The  latest 2012 Conference is available. Go to 

http://www.massreading.org/conference/index.html

Check the MRA Calendar for literacy events.

NEWS

The University of Wisconsin–La Crosse will be offering this coming summer a new professional development opportunity : a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for Teachers. You’ll find brief information about the institute below.

Exploring the Past: Archaeology in the Upper Mississippi River Valley

Walking beside thousand-year-old burial mounds, flaking raw stone into tools, learning how potsherds tell us about human behavior, and understanding how humans adapt to complex, ever-changing environments  our 2011 NEH Summer Institute features all this and more.

The Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse will offer a three-week NEH Summer Institute on July 11–29, 2011. This dynamic learning experience for K-12 teachers will explore how Native Americans and Euro-Americans have adapted to the Upper Mississippi River Valley over the past 13,500 years, and how archaeology leads to an understanding of how human cultures change and adapt through time.

The Institute will feature a one-day excavation experience, field trips to archaeological sites, hands-on laboratory and workshop activities, demonstrations, and classroom activities. Individual projects will help participants tailor the content to their own teaching areas. Participants receive a $2,700 stipend to help offset their expenses.

Application and other information on the Institute is available online at http://www.uwlax.edu/mvac/neh.htm. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2011.

Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Contact:

Bonnie L. Jancik
Director of Public Education
Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center
at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
1725 State Street
La Crosse, WI 54601
Phone: 608-785-6473
Fax: 608-785-6474
E-mail: jancik.bonn@uwlax.edu

Visit the MVAC World Wide Web site at:
http://www.uwlax.edu/mvac

Visit the UW-L Archaeology Studies Program at:
http://www.uwlax.edu/Sociology/Archaeology