Jackson County Parks + Rec, the Truman Library and the Atkins-Johnson Farm & Museum offered a class for Teachers, Interpreters & Museum Docents to learn how to incorporate Archaeology into the classroom.
During this workshop, participants investigated a historic farmstead that was found in southwest Montana in 1869. Using data from an actual excavation at the Tinsley Farmhouse, participants learned how archaeologists study the past. Studies of such farmsteads and farm residences are appropriate in Missouri since many similar sites are found throughout the state. Indeed, the Tinsley family ended up in Montana because they fled the bloodshed in Missouri during the Civil War.
The workshop also participated in activities at Fort Osage National Historic Landmark, the Truman Library and engaged in two days of archaeological fieldwork at the Atkins-Johnson Farm & Museum. Participants also had the opportunity to receive two graduate credit hours from Lindenwood University.
