Historic Southern Indiana to sponsor teacher workshop October 7
September 10, 2014
USI's Historic Southern Indiana and Indiana's Historic Pathways will sponsor "Getting from Here to There: The Story of Southern Indiana's Transportation Routes," a workshop for teachers, from 9 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. EST on Tuesday, October 7 at the Martin County Community Building in Loogootee, Indiana. The workshop is aimed at third- and fourth-grade teachers but is open to anyone who would like to attend.
Participants will discover innovative ways to tell the story of community, early settlement, and westward migration using Indiana's teaching standards. This year's topics include the Indiana Bicentennial, southern Indiana's role in the Civil War and native Indiana plants and animals.
The workshop will include presentations by Perry Hammock, Indiana Bicentennial Commission; Mark Newman, Indiana Office of Tourism Development; Dick Rumph, Jackson County History Center and Bob Zimmerman, Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial. A panel session highlighting classroom project ideas from current teachers also will take place.
Registration is $20 and includes lunch and educational materials. Teachers will receive a box of items representing the history of communities along the byway to use in hands-on lessons with their students.
To register, contact USI Outreach and Engagement at 812-464-1989 or 800-467-8600. Registration also can be completed online with course number HSI950. The deadline to register is Tuesday, September 30.
For more information, contact Historic Southern Indiana at 800-489-4474, 812-465-7014 or hsi@usi.edu.
Historic Southern Indiana, an outreach and engagement project of USI, was created in 1986 to serve the southernmost 26 counties of Indiana. Its goals are to identify, preserve, protect, enhance and promote the historical, natural and recreational resources of the region. It seeks to implement those goals through programs in historic preservation, history education, heritage tourism, community development and scenic byways. Its office is a part of Outreach and Engagement.