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You’ll Never Walk Alone
You'll Never Walk Alone By Katherine Hodge, Public Education Coordinator Many things have happened in 2020—many of which I had completely forgotten about due to my preoccupation with COVID-19. For the past many months, teachers made creative changes to countless...
Start a Conversation: Classroom Resources about Teaching with Current Events
Start a Conversation: Classroom Resources about Teaching with Current Events Students are affected by events that are happening in their communities and what they see in the news. Classrooms are great places to engage in conversation about current event topics....
Start a Conversation: Classroom Resources about Protest
Start a Conversation: Classroom Resources About ProtestOver the past few weeks there have been countless protests not just across the United States, but around the world. America is no stranger to protests, in fact, the Boston Tea Party was a protest that helped kick...
Start a Conversation: classroom resources about race and racism
Start a Conversation: classroom resources about race and racism This blog is the beginning of a four-part series on classroom resources available to help educators start conversations on race and racism, the history of protest, teaching with current events, and...
Start a Conversation
Start a Conversation: resources for educators, families, and communities Questions and conversation are essential tools for the classroom and home. Many students and children have questions about the events taking place in Minnesota's Twin Cities, in...
Shelters on the Move
Shelters on the Move By Katherine Hodge, Public Education Coordinator Movement is a unifying human characteristic. We migrate, travel, and sail the seas. We run around to chase food, religion, riches, glory, or the one that got away. Before fairly recently, when...
Shelters in the Ground
Shelters in the Ground By Katherine Hodge, Public Education CoordinatorSome of the most memorable and stunning pieces of humanity are the towering structures from the past—the Pyramids, Stonehenge, Machu Picchu, the Walls of Great Zimbabwe, or the Ha’amonga’ ‘a Maui....
Shelters on the Ground
Shelters on the Ground By Katherine Hodge, Public Education CoordinatorThe concept of shelter is something most people don’t think about because it’s such a strange word. Home is often what comes to mind first because it is far more personal and intimate. A home is...
Shelter Reflection: What can I learn about my family by studying our home?
Shelter Reflection: What can I learn about my family by studying our home?By Courtney Agenten, Minnesota Project Archaeology In the beginning of March, a time I am now referring to as pre-COVID, I presented at a social studies conference. I taught elementary and...
Ancient Dentistry
Ancient Dentistry By Katherine Hodge, Public Education CoordinatorEveryone may hate flossing, but I bet no one knows how long humans have been doing it. Some form of rudimentary dentistry has been around for thousands of years. Though you’ve probably seen those...
Communities Coming Together
Communities Coming TogetherBy Kate Hodge, Public Education Coordinator People tend to group together based on a variety of factors, from ethnicity to gender to age. Communities, from an anthropological perspective, provide safety, comfort, and a group of people on...
Ancient Skin and Haircare
Ancient Skin and HaircareBy Hannah Ludlow, Student Research Assistant Introducing the Integumentary System The largest organ of the body is skin, and it is our first line of defense against the elements. Skin is part of the integumentary system, which also...
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