Archeology as Family Recreation: The Passport in Time Program.

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Main Author: Geiger, Brian F.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2002
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contents Archeology as Family Recreation: The Passport in Time Program. Geiger, Brian F. Archaeology Discovery Processes Elementary Secondary Education Experiential Learning Family Involvement Recreational Programs Social Studies Passport in Time (PIT), a volunteer program of the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, is an excellent recreational learning experience. Families work side-by-side with professional archaeologists and historians to excavate, record, and restore historic and prehistoric sites across the United States. In addition, families conduct library research, organize archival data, and produce interpretive brochures. This paper recounts one summer's experiences with PIT when members of a single family gained a new understanding of human history. (Author/BT)
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spellingShingle Archeology as Family Recreation: The Passport in Time Program.
Geiger, Brian F.
Archaeology
Discovery Processes
Elementary Secondary Education
Experiential Learning
Family Involvement
Recreational Programs
Social Studies
Archeology as Family Recreation: The Passport in Time Program. Geiger, Brian F. Archaeology Discovery Processes Elementary Secondary Education Experiential Learning Family Involvement Recreational Programs Social Studies Passport in Time (PIT), a volunteer program of the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, is an excellent recreational learning experience. Families work side-by-side with professional archaeologists and historians to excavate, record, and restore historic and prehistoric sites across the United States. In addition, families conduct library research, organize archival data, and produce interpretive brochures. This paper recounts one summer's experiences with PIT when members of a single family gained a new understanding of human history. (Author/BT)
title Archeology as Family Recreation: The Passport in Time Program.
topic Archaeology
Discovery Processes
Elementary Secondary Education
Experiential Learning
Family Involvement
Recreational Programs
Social Studies
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED467384