Term of Award
Spring 1999
Degree Name
Doctor of Education in Curriculum Studies (Ed.D.)
Document Type and Release Option
Dissertation (restricted to Georgia Southern)
Department
Department of Curriculum, Foundations, and Reading
Committee Chair
Bryan Deever
Committee Member 1
Edmund C. Short
Committee Member 2
William Reynolds
Committee Member 3
Sue M. Moore
Abstract
This work is a participant observation research study detailing the use of archaeology implemented into an existing grade school curriculum. The focus of this study is the Fort Frederica Archeology Program, a program that allows fourth grade students in the Glynn County School System the opportunity to experience archaeology first hand by excavating on the grounds of Fort Frederica National Monument, on Saint Simons Island, Georgia. This rare program has given over 2,000 students in its five year history the chance to experience the hands-on learning opportunities of archaeology. Teachers who had been with the program for more than one year were interviewed and exerts of these interviews are included in the text. The author lists materials for implementing a similar program in an existing curriculum and gives suggestions for keeping costs down without limiting the experience or learning opportunities for the students involved. A list of relevant and helpful books for teachers and students is also included.
Copyright
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Recommended Citation
Young, Kristen May, "Archaeology in the Curriculum: The Fort Frederica Archaeology Program" (1999). Legacy ETDs. 78.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd_legacy/78
