THEN has initiated an annotated bibliography project. The Annotated Bibliography is a searchable database of heritage education references for professionals as well as a listing of resources for educators and the general public. The Annotated Bibliography contains books, journals, magazines, newsletters, classroom materials, videos, blogs, and websites.
While accessible and usable by members and nonmembers, only members of THEN may contribute to the Annotated Bibliography. If you would like to contribute, please join THEN under the appropriate membership category. The resource entry form is located in the Members Only section of the website. If you find an error on any of the entries, please contact us.
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Type: Website
2017 Texas Archaeology Month. Texas Historical Commission
The website provides information on the Texas Archaeology Month. The page contains links to archaeology month posters, a schedule of events, and information for event hosts.
Language: English
Region: North America
URL: http://www.thc.texas.gov/preserve/projects-and-programs/texas-archeology-month
2017 Texas Archaeology Month. Texas Historical Commission
The website provides information on the Texas Archaeology Month. The page contains links to archaeology month posters, a schedule of events, and information for event hosts.
Language: English
Region: North America
URL: http://www.thc.texas.gov/preserve/projects-and-programs/texas-archeology-month
Type: Magazine
Young, Peter A.
2003 The Archaeologist as Storyteller: How To Get The Public To Care About What You Do. The SAA Archaeological Record, 3(1): 7-10, Society for American Archaeology
This article covers the topic of archaeological writing for the general public. The author gives examples of exciting writing styles to show ways that the writer can gain public interest. Lastly, the author provides five tips to remember when writing.
Language: English
Region: North America
URL: http://saa.org/Portals/0/SAA/Publications/thesaaarchrec/jan03.pdf
Young, Peter A.
2003 The Archaeologist as Storyteller: How To Get The Public To Care About What You Do. The SAA Archaeological Record, 3(1): 7-10, Society for American Archaeology
This article covers the topic of archaeological writing for the general public. The author gives examples of exciting writing styles to show ways that the writer can gain public interest. Lastly, the author provides five tips to remember when writing.
Language: English
Region: North America
URL: http://saa.org/Portals/0/SAA/Publications/thesaaarchrec/jan03.pdf
Type: Website
2017 The Archaeology Channel: Exploring the Human Cultural Heritage Through Streaming Media. Archaeological Legacy Institute
This website contains audio, video, blogs, lesson plans, event information, participation opportunities, and other resources about heritage and archaeology. With media covering heritage from around the world, "The Archaeology Channel" aims to promote archaeology education in and out of the classroom, share the importance of archaeological research, and encourage preservation of cultural heritage and archaeological sites.
Language: English
Region: World
Grade Level, if for classroom: Elementary, Middle, High School
URL: http://www.archaeologychannel.org/
2017 The Archaeology Channel: Exploring the Human Cultural Heritage Through Streaming Media. Archaeological Legacy Institute
This website contains audio, video, blogs, lesson plans, event information, participation opportunities, and other resources about heritage and archaeology. With media covering heritage from around the world, "The Archaeology Channel" aims to promote archaeology education in and out of the classroom, share the importance of archaeological research, and encourage preservation of cultural heritage and archaeological sites.
Language: English
Region: World
Grade Level, if for classroom: Elementary, Middle, High School
URL: http://www.archaeologychannel.org/
Type: Journal, Steffi
2005 The Cultural & Museum Centre, Karonga. Society of Malawi Journal, 58(1): 1-5, Society of Malawi- Historical and Scientific
The article discusses the opening of the Cultural Museum Centre Karonga and the plans for the exhibit and education initiatives. Heritage education plans at the Centre include hands-on learning at Malema Camp, a hominid discovery site for school students. The Centre itself provides hands-on learning experience for adults and children alike; focusing on the entire history of Malawi, the goal is to teach the public to promote tolerance and acceptance within the communities. School tours will focus on connecting with the environment and history through activity areas and planned programs. The article briefly discusses these plans and plans for the future.
Language: English
Region: Africa
URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/29779165
2005 The Cultural & Museum Centre, Karonga. Society of Malawi Journal, 58(1): 1-5, Society of Malawi- Historical and Scientific
The article discusses the opening of the Cultural Museum Centre Karonga and the plans for the exhibit and education initiatives. Heritage education plans at the Centre include hands-on learning at Malema Camp, a hominid discovery site for school students. The Centre itself provides hands-on learning experience for adults and children alike; focusing on the entire history of Malawi, the goal is to teach the public to promote tolerance and acceptance within the communities. School tours will focus on connecting with the environment and history through activity areas and planned programs. The article briefly discusses these plans and plans for the future.
Language: English
Region: Africa
URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/29779165
Type: Book
Hooper-Greenhill, Eilean
1999 The Educational Role of the Museum. Second Edition, Routledge
This book contains 11 chapters divided into four parts: communication theories, learning in museums, developing exhibits, and thinking about audience. Topics range from researching the interests of visitors of all ages to using objects for education to developing exhibitions with the needs of visitors in mind. This is a great resource for museum specialists developing programs for a diverse audience.
Language: English
Region: Australia, Europe, North America
Hooper-Greenhill, Eilean
1999 The Educational Role of the Museum. Second Edition, Routledge
This book contains 11 chapters divided into four parts: communication theories, learning in museums, developing exhibits, and thinking about audience. Topics range from researching the interests of visitors of all ages to using objects for education to developing exhibitions with the needs of visitors in mind. This is a great resource for museum specialists developing programs for a diverse audience.
Language: English
Region: Australia, Europe, North America
Type: Book
Merriman, Tim, Brochu, Lisa
2006 The History of Heritage Interpretation in the United States. InterpPress
The book covers the entire history of heritage interpretation within the United States in six chapters. The chapters discuss the methods in which culture was kept and interpreted prior to the development of a profession, the growth of a profession of interpreters, the organization of the profession, the National Association for Interpretation, and current trends in heritage interpretation.
Language: English
Region: North America
Merriman, Tim, Brochu, Lisa
2006 The History of Heritage Interpretation in the United States. InterpPress
The book covers the entire history of heritage interpretation within the United States in six chapters. The chapters discuss the methods in which culture was kept and interpreted prior to the development of a profession, the growth of a profession of interpreters, the organization of the profession, the National Association for Interpretation, and current trends in heritage interpretation.
Language: English
Region: North America
Type: Magazine
Mitchell, Katherine
2006 The Montana Heritage Project: Engaging Students in Community History. Montana: The Magazine of Western History, 56(1): 65-67, Montana Historical Society
The article outlines the Montana Heritage Project as a national model for high school teachers to incorporate heritage education into the classroom. High school students search for historic clues using primary sources to conduct a local research project into history or architecture, often resulting in National Registry nominations. The article summarizes a few town projects and the students' involvement in local history.
Language: English
Region: North America
Grade Level, if for classroom: High School
URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4520770
Mitchell, Katherine
2006 The Montana Heritage Project: Engaging Students in Community History. Montana: The Magazine of Western History, 56(1): 65-67, Montana Historical Society
The article outlines the Montana Heritage Project as a national model for high school teachers to incorporate heritage education into the classroom. High school students search for historic clues using primary sources to conduct a local research project into history or architecture, often resulting in National Registry nominations. The article summarizes a few town projects and the students' involvement in local history.
Language: English
Region: North America
Grade Level, if for classroom: High School
URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4520770
Type: Book
Skeates, Robin, McDavid, Carol, Carman, John
2012 The Oxford Handbook of Public Archaeology. Oxford University Press
The Handbook covers the position of archaeology within the public world. To do this, the book is divided into four parts: Histories of Public Archaeology; Researching Public Archaeology; Managing Public Archaeological Resources; and Working at Archaeology with the Public: Principles, Practices, and Debates. Within these four parts are case studies, research, and theory in public archaeology and education on an international scale.
Language: English
Region: International
Skeates, Robin, McDavid, Carol, Carman, John
2012 The Oxford Handbook of Public Archaeology. Oxford University Press
The Handbook covers the position of archaeology within the public world. To do this, the book is divided into four parts: Histories of Public Archaeology; Researching Public Archaeology; Managing Public Archaeological Resources; and Working at Archaeology with the Public: Principles, Practices, and Debates. Within these four parts are case studies, research, and theory in public archaeology and education on an international scale.
Language: English
Region: International
Type: Book
Waterton, Emma, Watson, Steve, , , etc.
2015 The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Heritage Research. , , ProQuest
This book explores heritage from a wide range of perspectives and disciplines and in doing so provides a distinctive and deeply relevant survey of the field as it is currently researched, understood and practiced around the world.
Language: English
Region: Global
Grade Level, if for classroom:
URL: https://archive.org/details/palgravehandbook0000unse_f9a2
DOI:
Waterton, Emma, Watson, Steve, , , etc.
2015 The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Heritage Research. , , ProQuest
This book explores heritage from a wide range of perspectives and disciplines and in doing so provides a distinctive and deeply relevant survey of the field as it is currently researched, understood and practiced around the world.
Language: English
Region: Global
Grade Level, if for classroom:
URL: https://archive.org/details/palgravehandbook0000unse_f9a2
DOI:
Type: Magazine
Podgorny, Irina
2002 The Place of Archaeology in Teaching History in the Americas: Some Episodes of a Long Debate. The SAA Archaeological Record, 2(2): 24-26,29, Society for American Archaeology
In this article the author discusses archaeology and its relationship to history and public education in Argentina. She summarizes the debates that took place at the International Congresses of History and Americanists in the early 20th century, before discussing the place of archaeology in the modern educational curricula in Argentina.
Language: English
Region: South America
URL: http://saa.org/Portals/0/SAA/Publications/thesaaarchrec/mar02.pdf
Podgorny, Irina
2002 The Place of Archaeology in Teaching History in the Americas: Some Episodes of a Long Debate. The SAA Archaeological Record, 2(2): 24-26,29, Society for American Archaeology
In this article the author discusses archaeology and its relationship to history and public education in Argentina. She summarizes the debates that took place at the International Congresses of History and Americanists in the early 20th century, before discussing the place of archaeology in the modern educational curricula in Argentina.
Language: English
Region: South America
URL: http://saa.org/Portals/0/SAA/Publications/thesaaarchrec/mar02.pdf