Curriculum
Curriculum materials are available for teachers interested
in Mount Independence, Chimney Point and President Calvin
Coolidge State Historic Site. Call the individual sites for
copies of the standards-based pre-visit activity packets.
A 70-page Teacher Resource Guide about Calvin Coolidge and
Plymouth Notch is available for $13 by calling (802) 672-3773.
Teachers interested in Mount Independence can purchase the
Teacher Resource Guide From Wilderness to Fortress
for $26. Call (802) 759-2412. Mount Independence also has
a museum kit which includes the Resource Guide, maps, artifacts,
books, music and a game. The kit can be rented for 2 weeks
for $25. Call (802) 759-2412 to make arrangements. See also
Archeology Curriculum.
Field Trips
School and
home-school field trips are welcome at the state-owned historic sites during
the season. Call the regional site
administrators to make arrangements: (802) 759-2412 for Hubbardton Battlefield, Mount Independence and
Chimney Point; (802) 672-3773 for
President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site and Old Constitution House; (802)
447-0550 for Bennington Battle Monument; (802) 765-4484 for the Justin Morrill
State Historic Site. For all other
sites, please call (802) 828-3051.
Educational Teaching Kits
The Vermont Historical Society and the Division for Historic
Preservation have collaborated in developing an excellent
archeology kit for Vermont schools. Contact the Vermont
Historical Society directly to get more information at
(802) 828-2291
Staff for classroom presentations
The Division has a variety of outreach
lectures available for the classroom and other occasions. To schedule a speaker, please call 30 days
in advance.
Archaeology in Vermont
The Division for Historic Preservation has some free publications
on archeology that can be picked up at our offices or mailed
to you. However, the best source of information about Vermont
archeology is the Internet. The Vermont Archaeological Society,
the Vermont Agency of Transportation, the Lake Champlain Maritime
Museum, and many archeology consulting firms working in Vermont
have excellent web sites that inform you about recent discoveries,
places to visit, dig opportunities, special events, and much
more. See the Links section of the Division's Home page. Learn
More About Vermont Archeology
The Vermont
Archaeological Society produces interesting publications,
including an important annual journal on Vermont Archaeology.
Some national organizations have a great deal of information
about archeology on the Internet. For example, Arizona State
University hosts ARCHNET
The National
Park Service's web site has many links to national archeological
web sites with information on Early Man in North America,
Native Americans, laws, archeology in other states, and archeology
education activities.
The Society
for American Archeology's Public Archeology page includes
lots of information on K - 12 archeology education and much
more.
The Archaeological
Conservancy publishes an interesting, readable quarterly
magazine available on the Internet.
Native American History
An excellent source of information about the Vermont
Abenakis is on the Internet. This site has many links
to help you find additional information.
Several useful books about
Vermont's historic and contemporary native people include: Frederick M.
Wiseman's The Voice of the Dawn, An Autohistory of the Abenaki (Hanover,
NH: University Press of New England, 2001); Colin G. Calloway's The Western
Abenakis of Vermont, 1600 - 1800, War, Migration, and the Survival of an Indian
People (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1990), and William Haviland
and Marjory Power's The Original Vermonters: Native Inhabitants, Past and
Present (Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1994, revised).
The Vermont
Folklife Center has recently produced The Abenaki of
Vermont: A Living Culture, a 28-minute video that illustrates
how today's Abenakis maintain their cultural traditions in
day-to-day life. The video and accompanying teacher's guide
can be purchased from the Vermont Folklife Center.
The Abenaki
Tribal Museum in Swanton and the Chimney
Point State Historic Site in Addison have informative
exhibits about Abenaki history, cultural traditions, and art.
The Vermont
Commission on Native American Affairs has up-to-date information
about historic & contemporary Abenaki history & issues.
The Vermont
Historical Society offers an excellent Abenaki educational
kit for teachers.
Archeology curriculum for K-12
The Vermont
Historical Society and the Division for Historic Preservation
have collaborated in developing an excellent archeology kit
for Vermont schools. Contact the Vermont Historical Society
directly to get more information at (802) 828-2291.
The Society
for American Archeology publishes on-line an excellent
"Archeology and Public Education Newsletter".
This is a good place to start looking at available archeology
curricula.
The Lake
Champlain Maritime Museum offers excellent education programs
on Lake Champlain's underwater archeology.
Vermont
Gas Systems, Inc., recently developed a standards based
archeology Educator's Guide for grades 5 - 8.
The Vermont
Archaeological Society lists a variety of very useful
archeology education programs in other states.
Historic Preservation Overview
Historic preservation is a comprehensive and inclusive planning
tool dedicated to recognizing, protecting, using and appreciating
our nation's diverse cultural resources. The types of structures
and sites now recognized as worthy of preservation, study
and ongoing use are diverse, including industrial mills and
plants, covered bridges, rural churches, school buildings,
landscaped parks, courthouse squares, residential boulevards,
farm sites, archaeology
ethnic neighborhoods, and historic
downtowns and villages.
Resource Room
If you would like to research information about your house
or your community, all Vermont's State and National Register
listings are on file at the Division's Resource Room. The
Resource Room is open to the public, but for reasons of security
and recordkeeping, all researchers are required to sign a
registration form that describes regulations for use of research
materials. Materials from the collection may not be checked
out, but if the condition of the material permits, patrons
may make photocopies for a charge. Patrons may also order
reproductions of photographs from the collection. The resource
room is open to the public Monday-Friday 7:45 am - 4:30 pm.
Driving
Directions. For more information contact Debra Sayers
at 802-828-3213.
Lake Champlain Basin Program
Lake Champlain Basin Program offers free presentations
to school's and community groups in the Basin. All programs
can be tailored to meet the needs of different grade levels.
Please call several weeks in advance to schedule at (800)
468-5227 or (802) 372-3213.
Definitions
Many outside the field of historic
preservation use these terms interchangeably, but to preservationists
the words have distinct meanings. For more detailed explanations
of these terms and specific treatment recommendations for
different types of projects, consult The
Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of
Historic Properties
Preservation -- the stabilization of an historic
building, its materials and features in their present condition
to prevent future deterioration.
Conservation -- the careful treatment of historic
building materials and features and artifacts to preserve
them and to prevent future deterioration.
Restoration -- the act or process of accurately depicting
the form, features and character of a historic building as
it appeared at a particular period of time. Sensitive upgrading
of mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems and other code-required
work to make the building functional is appropriate.
Rehabilitation -- the act or process of making possible
a compatible use of a building through repair, alterations
or additions while preserving those portions or features of
the property which convey its historical, architectural, and
cultural values.
Renovation -- the modernization of a building that
involves alteration and/or elimination of important historical
features.
Reconstruction -- the act or process of reproducing
by new construction the exact form and detail of a vanished
building as it appeared at a specific period of time. A technique
used earlier in the 20th century, reconstruction is rarely
used today because of the preference to use limited financial
resources to preserve existing historic buildings.
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