Outreach

Crow Canyon’s education outreach initiatives allow the Center to share its nationally recognized experiential approach to archaeology education with students and teachers across the country.

The Center’s outreach initiatives are varied and innovative: We work with partner organizations to deliver outreach education programs to underserved inner-city youth. We work with the Native American advisory group to reach students living in traditional communities throughout the Southwest. We collaborate with local teachers to develop curricula and programs to be used in the teaching of history and archaeology in area schools. And we increasingly rely on the Internet to disseminate the results of our research and education projects to a worldwide audience.

Listed below are Crow Canyon’s current outreach initiatives. For lists of published resources that further our outreach goals, see Publications, Teacher Resources, and Student Resources.

Art Resources in Teaching

The Art Resources in Teaching (A.R.T.) outreach initiative provides inner-city Chicago public school students in grades four through eight with a unique opportunity to learn about the history and cultures of the American Southwest. Read more. . . .

Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee

This initiative is an after-school program designed to engage economically disadvantaged inner-city youth in archaeology-related activities at Milwaukee Boys and Girls Clubs. Youth successfully participating in this program also spend a weekend at the club’s Camp Whitcomb/Mason and are eligible to apply for a scholarship to attend a week-long summer program at Crow Canyon.

Community History Trunks

The Community History Trunks Project is a local outreach initiative in southwestern Colorado. The project is a collaborative effort between Crow Canyon, area teachers, members of the community, and local history scholars to develop resources to be used in teaching local history to elementary school students. Read more. . . .

Goodman Point Unit Public Education Project

The Goodman Point Unit Public Education Project is being conducted as part of Crow Canyon’s current excavation at Goodman Point Pueblo and (beginning in 2008) surrounding sites. Read more. . . .

Southwest Open High School Collaborative Program

Since 2004, Crow Canyon has collaborated with the alternative high school in Cortez to offer local students an intensive five-week archaeology program that focuses on important regional history and offers many opportunities for personal growth. Read a full-length article about the 2005 program.