The institute for heritage education (IHE) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit partner of project archaeology

IHE has supported project archaeology in several ways since becoming active in cultural heritage education in late 2019, including through a current one-year cooperative agreement with the bureau of land management (BLM), nevada state office, and a current three-year agreement with the colorado state office. The objective of both of these cooperative agreements and of this proposal is to expand the reach of project archaeology in each state, supporting a BLM management objective by emphasizing the need for stewardship and protection of cultural resources on public lands. The three-year agreement we propose here will enable IHE to hold two professional development workshops for teachers on project archaeology curricula and methods: one in LAS vegas on investigating food and land in year 1, and one we propose for the reno-carson city area on rock art in year 3. In year 2, we propose to develop a new rock art curriculum for northwestern nevada, customized for the state and supplemental to the umbrella curriculum investigating rock art. We would introduce the umbrella and supplemental curricula to teachers in the year 3 workshop. We will carry out the work under the agreement mainly through contracting with professional educators trained in project archaeology materials and methods.project archaeology materials are inquiry-based. Each umbrella curriculum (e.g., investigating shelter and investigating rock art) teaches the basics of historical and scientific inquiry. Supplemental investigations of specific archaeological sites allow students to investigate past cultures using authentic data including artifacts, maps, and oral histories. The investigations make IT possible to customize the larger curricula to states and or specific localities. Workshops prepare teachers to implement the inquiry-based curricula in their classrooms.