9th Annual AIA Archaeology Fair

The 9th Annual AIA Archaeology Fair!

When: Saturday, January 10, 2009 from 10:00am to 3:00pm
Where: Loews Philadelphia Hotel, 1200 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA
Admission: FREE!

Experience the excitement of archaeological discovery with your family!

Write in ancient languages, make a Roman mosaic or an Inca khipu, and be a medieval knight! Archaeologists, museum educators, and historical societies will lead hands-on activities and present exciting demonstrations of ancient technologies. Talk to experts about archaeology, history, and cultural heritage. The Archaeology Fair is fun for all generations, and is very kid-friendly!

Teachers and home-schoolers: this is a great opportunity to collect ideas for classroom projects.

Presenters include:

Bucks County Community College
Dickinson College
Dig and Calliope Magazines
Franklin Pierce University
Milwaukee Public Museum
Museum of Science, Boston
Penn Museum
Penn State University
Pennsylvania Archaeological Council
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology
St. Louis Community College
Yale University
Archaeological Institute of America…and many others!

The Archaeology Fair is part of the 110th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America—the oldest and largest archaeological organization in North America.

Museum Exhibits

New Jersey

1. Museum of Early Trades and Crafts (METC), Madison, NJ
   
   
2. Boonton Museum, Boonton, NJ
   
   
3. Acorn Hall, Morristown,
   
   
4. Newark Museum, Newark, NJ. Exhibits include: Saturn: Exploring a Celestial Wonder; Dynamic Earth; Court Ladies and Courtesans: Private Worlds in Old Japan; Smart Bugs: Insect Societies;
   
   
5. Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, NJ; Exhibits include: Communications; Infection Connection; Eat and be Eaten; I Explore; Our Hudson Home; ; Breakthroughs: Vote Science 2008; Wildlife Challenge and Skyscraper! Achievement and Impact.
   
   
6. Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ.
   
   

New York

• Onassis Cultural Center in Manhattan
  

Pennsylvania

1. Franklin Institute, Philadelphia permanent exhibits include: The Giant Heart, Sir Isaac's Loft, Franklin: He's electric and Space Command;
   
   
2. Da vinci Center, Allentown PA, Exhibits include: What Hurts?, What's Alive?, Watts Up?, What's on Earth? What Works? and almost daily Space Odyssey programs.
   
   
3. Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA.

Art "lessons"

SPATTER:
cool make your own online splatter
http://www.jacksonpollock.org/

COLLAGE:
Cubism COllage (grades 4-6)
http://www.kinderart.com/sculpture/cubismcreation.shtml

Painting/Collage grade 7:
http://www.princetononline.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/connie-Romare.htm

Women in Classical Greece

New exhibit at the Onassis Cultural Center in Manhattan through May 9, 2009: Worshipping Women: Ritual and Reality in Classical Athens. Who's up for a January or February field trip?

Onassis Cultural Center
645 Fifth Avenue, Suite 304
New York, NY 10022

Monday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Admission is free.
Complimentary guided tours every Tuesday and Thursday at 1:00 p.m., open to the public.
For more information, please call 212-486-4448, fax us at 212-486-4744, or email info@onassisusa.org.

Worshipping Women: Ritual and Reality in Classical Athens.
Partial description from their website: "... 155 rare and extraordinary archaeological objects in order to re-examine preconceptions about the exclusion of women from public life in ancient Athens. The story told by these objects, and experienced in the galleries, presents a more nuanced picture than is often seen, showing how women’s participation in cults and festivals contributed not only to personal fulfillment in Classical Greece but also to civic identity. ..."

Worshiping Women tells this story in three main chapters.

1. “Goddesses and Heroines” introduces the principal female deities of Athens and Attica, in whose cults and festivals women were most actively engaged: Athena, Artemis, Aphrodite, and Demeter and her daughter Persephone. This first section also investigates the role of heroines, a special group of women believed to have lived in the distant past, who like Iphigenia became important figures of cult worship after their deaths.
   
   
2. “Women and Ritual,” explores the practice of ritual acts such as dances, libations, sacrifices, processions and festivals in which women were active in classical antiquity. Here the critical role of the priestess comes to light, specifically in her function as key-bearer for the temples of the gods.
   
   
3. “Women and the Cycle of Life,” the exhibition explores how religious rituals defined moments of transition. Because the most important transition in a girl’s life was understood to be marriage, the wedding took on great significance, with its rituals depicted on a variety of vases associated with nuptial rites and wedding banquets. Death was another occasion on which Athenian women took on major responsibilities, such as preparing the deceased for burial and tending the graves of family members.

By presenting this story in the only way it can be properly told—through artworks and the material culture of the time—this important exhibition corrects the common, bleak picture of the lives of Athenian women."

For more, see also review in 12/19/2008, New York Times, The Glory That Was Greece From a Female Perspectiveory. Weekend Arts section.

HSers welcome, Christian-run

1. WINTER WONDERLAND - FAIRVIEW LAKE YMCA CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER, Sunday, February 8th, 2009 1:00pm-4:00pm
   
   Bundle up and come join the fun at the Sixth Annual Winter Wonderland at Fairview Lake Camp and Conference Center in Stillwater. Activities include nature walks, toasting marshmallows over an open fire, crafts, archery, indoor climbing wall, ice fishing and much more. Warm up with baked goods and hot chocolate in the Dining Hall. Cost: $10 per family, non-members welcome. For directions to Fairview Lake, Newton NJ visit www.fairviewlake.org/ or call (973) 383-9282
   
   
2. Spruce Lake Retreat Homeschool Days - Winter 2009 *Classes for children 10 yrs. and up, except Orienteering for children 12 yrs & up. No matter their athletic ability, you’ll find exciting activities your child/children will enjoy while meeting homeschool requirements in a Christian environment. Canadensis, PA
   
   Archery
   Session 1 - Jan 5 & 12
   Session 2 - Jan 26 & Feb 2
   
   Cross Country Skiing
   Session 1 - Jan 6 & 13
   Session 2 - Jan 27 & Feb 3
   
   Climbing Wall Clinic
   Session 1 - Jan 7 & 14
   Session 2 - Jan 28 & Feb 4
   
   Orienteering
   Session 1 - Jan 8 & 15
   Session 2 - Jan 29 & Feb 5
   
   Homeschool Days Flyer Registration: Call Lisa at 1-800-822-7505 or print and mail Registration Form to ATTN: Lisa Ferrer, RR 1 Box 605, Canadensis, PA 18325

Organizing "CSI Live": 3/16/2009

Mad Science: CSI Live, Monday, March 16, 10 a.m.
Mayo (Community) Theatre, 100 South Street, Morristown, NJ, $8/seat.
Plan to be there by 9:45 a.m. Be sure to leave enough time for parking.

Program Length: 60 minutes.
Recommended for Students in Grades: 4 - 9.

Take an exciting, interactive journey through the fascinating world of crime scene investigations as an audience of recruits is enlisted to help CSI investigators solve a crime by analyzing mysterious gases, launching experimental projectiles, firing lasers across the scene of the crime, and using superior logic and forensic know-how to uncover hidden details!

Study Guide available.

The show is recommended for 4 - 9th graders. I assume that you know your child best and can determine whether or not they would be interested and whether they can behave in a way that is appropriate for at least a 4th grader.


Money due to me: January 14, 2009
RSVP to lady@wubison for my address. You will be confirmed when I have your check.
You will also get my cell phone number in case it is needed on the day of the event. What is the best way for me to contact you in the case of a late cancellation? Money will only be refunded if the show is canceled and the money is refunded.

Winter Curriculum - Greece

At least two groups in the area are working on Ancient Green with professional archaeologist turned educator, "Big Dog" Geof Purcell. Both will have their Dig weeks in the spring.

Premier season of his winter curriculum is 3 days for $60/child and $100/family. Payment due November 7th.

email the site host so we'll have names, but please mail your checks straight to The Archaeological Perspective.

Tewksbury group: Tuesdays.
Craft day: Jan. 6, 2:30 - 4:30
Game day: March 31st, time tbd
Museum field trip (the MET): December 2nd, 2008

Bushkill group: Classes on Thursdays -- perhaps at the Stroudsburg Library or in Bushkill.
Craft day: Jan. 8th, ~12 - 2 pm (talk to the hostess for times)
Game day: March 26th, ~12 - 2 pm (talk to the hostess for times)
Museum field trip (the MET): December 4th, 2008

Those who wish to participate should send the appropriate amount in a cheque (made payable to "TAP") to: G. Purcell, The Archaeological Perspective, PO Box 38161, Albany, NY 12203-8161. This payment should arrive by November 7, 2008.

Please call or write if you have any questions about the curriculum, framework, content or the Spring digs. Deposits go straight to Geof at The Archaeological Perspective -- but please let the site host know when you do.

Tewksbury site coordinator/host: Mary Ann < maryann.orourke@gmail.com >

Bushkill site coordinator/host: Heather < runnin43@ptd.net >

Curriculum link Possibilities (thanks Heather)

These may help you in teaching Ancient Greece:
http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/AncientGreece.html
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Ancient_Civilizations/Greece/index.htm

Ancient Greek Cities
Ancient Greek Civilizations
Mr. Dowling's Cradel of Western Civilization
Greek Alphabet
Greek Mythology
Greek Pottery
Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology
Map of Ancient Greece
GreekCulture: Greek Mythology
Mythology of the Constellations
Warhorse Simulations: Historical Commentary on the Peloponnesian War
Ancient GREECE: SPARTA
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Colossus of Rhodes
Ancient Greesk: storyforkids.org/learn/greeks/

Suggested for 8th grade & up (but adaptable):

Archaeological institute of American Lesson Plans include:
Lesson Plans: Ancient Cultures includes Greek Vase Painting Project, Costume, Feast & Cargo:
Greek Vase Painting Project
A Greco-Roman Feast: Dining and Reclining
Cargoes from Three Continents: Ancient Mediterranean Trade in Modern Archaeology

Links Recommended for Students:
SocialStudiesforkids.com's Ancient Greece
Activityvillage.co.uk: Ancient Greece for kids
PBS on The Greeks
http://www.historyforkids.org/

Homework Links: Ancient/Greece

For Older Students:
http://library.thinkquest.org/10805/greece.html