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Historic Southern Indiana to sponsor teacher workshop October 10

Focus includes the Buffalo Trace and its impact on Indiana history.

September 1, 2017

The University of Southern Indiana's Historic Southern Indiana and Indiana's Historic Pathways will sponsor a workshop for teachers, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. EST Tuesday, October 10 at the Dubois County Museum in Jasper. The workshop, "Getting from Here to There: The Story of the Buffalo Trace," 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 workshop focuses on the impact of the Buffalo Trace, a pathway formed in the early 1700's as bison migrated to and from the Great Plains to the Falls of the Ohio.

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Participants of Indiana Historic PathwaysRegistration is $25 and includes lunch and educational materials. Elementary schools along the Buffalo Trace have already been given a box of items representing the history of the Trace to use in hands-on lessons with their students and participants will receive a new item to add to their school's box.

Registration also can be completed online with course number HSI950 or by calling USI Outreach and Engagement at 812-464-1989. The deadline to register is September 30.

Historic Southern Indiana, a program within USI Outreach and Engagement, 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. For more information, contact Historic Southern Indiana at 800-489-4474, 812-465-7014 or hsi@usi.edu.

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