Monday, September 27, 2010
Teacher workshop to be held in Paoli
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Contact for more information:
Brandi Schwartz Marketing Coordinator Outreach & Engagement 812/464-1854 The workshop, "Getting from Here to There: The Story of Southern Indiana's Transportation Routes," will offer teachers innovative ways to tell the story of community, early settlement, and westward migration using Indiana's teaching standards. (View the agenda.) James Madison, the Thomas and Kathryn Miller Professor of History at Indiana University, is the keynote speaker. Indiana's Historic Pathways is Indiana's newest National Scenic Byway and joined the America's Byways collection in October 2009. The byway, which encompasses US 50 and US 150, focuses on the history of transportation and settlement in Southern Indiana from primitive pathways to the modern highway system. It begins with a pre-historic trail created by bison on their annual migration from the salt licks in Kentucky to the prairies of Illinois. Native Americans later used these pathways on hunting expeditions while early Southern Indiana settlers used them to travel in the heavily wooded interior. Later, the pathway became a stagecoach route and eventually US 150. The railroad between Cincinnati, Ohio, and St. Louis, Missouri, cuts across Southern Indiana, and US 50 would eventually run parallel. Speakers will explore such topics as Native American history in southern Indiana, natural resources along the byway, railroad history, and the story of the Buffalo Trace. A panel discussion by current teachers will explore innovative ideas to use in the classroom. Teachers will receive a kit with items pertaining to the history of the byway, which can be used as a hands-on classroom project. The cost to attend is $20 and includes lunch and teaching materials. A limited number of substitute teacher stipends will be available. Although this workshop is geared toward teachers, the general public is invited to attend. For more info, contact HSI at 812/465-7014 or 800/489-4474, or visit www.usi.edu/hsi. |
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