Digging Deep: Teaching Social Studies Through the Study of Archaeology (Moving Middle Schools) - Softcover

Wolfe, Denny

9780435072186: Digging Deep: Teaching Social Studies Through the Study of Archaeology (Moving Middle Schools)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0435072188 ISBN 13: 9780435072186

Publisher: Heinemann, 1997

Digging Deep tells the story of a network of teachers who transformed their civilizations-packed social studies courses into dynamic inquiries informed by the questions and tools of archaeology.

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About the Author:

DANA BALICK is a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. While at PACE, she managed projects focused on the potential role of arts and cultural education in contemporary school reform. She is currently associated with Programs in Professional Education (PPE) at Harvard, a set of programs devoted to the education of adults who teach children.DENNIE PALMER WOLF has worked, written, taught, and conducted research in the fields of literacy, arts and humanities education, and new approaches to assessment for more than twenty-five years. Through her current project, PACE, she designs and researches school and community efforts to create learning opportunities, both in and out of school, that permit diverse children to become actively engaged in contemporary culture--as thinkers, authors, designers, and inventors. Wolf also teaches at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.JULIE CRAVEN has been teaching for ten years. She has worked extensively on restructuring and curriculum development programs, both as a teacher and as a researcher at PACE.

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