Institute for Heritage Education

06/13/2026

We have 12 scholarship applications! 🦌 Be a dear and sponsor a teacher to attend the conference at the Deer Sponsorship level.

➡ Go here to donate: https://projectarchaeology.org/sponsorship/

ABOUT PROJECT ARCHAEOLOGY Saving archaeological sites begins in the classroom. Project Archaeology is a national archaeology education program that promotes the

05/08/2026

👏 Congratulations! 🏆 2026 SAA Award for Excellence in Public Archaeology Programming!!! Join me in cheering for Samantha Kirkley, Jeanne Moe, and all the passionate archaeology educators who connect kids to the past with Project Archaeology.

Read all about it https://projectarchaeology.org/beyond-thrilled/

05/06/2026

It's Teacher Appreciation Week! Thanks to the thousands of teachers who've connected their students with Project Archaeology over the years, and to all teachers of every sort.

See upcoming P.A. opportunities here: https://projectarchaeology.org/events/

04/30/2026

We at IHE like to give the floor to the teachers who use Project Archaeology in their classrooms. Below are comments teachers left us after attending a P.A. professional development event, where they learned to use scientific and historical inquiry to help their young students build a strong education foundation.

If their words resonate, please donate to IHE/P.A. during the 24 hours of Give Big Gallatin Valley, from 6 p.m. Thursday April 30 to 6 p.m. Friday May 1. Please share as appropriate.

https://www.givebiggv.org/organizations/institute-for-heritage-education

Thank you!

** I had a rough school year and this has been extremely powerful for me. The content is incredible, but the inspirational and motivating impact this has had is so important. I am falling in love with my content again. This has been the best professional development I have attended. Thank you!

** Project Archaeology has brought new joy to my teaching.

** Unfortunately, science and social studies sometimes get a back seat to reading and math. So to be able to bring them all together in one project that also gets the kids active and problem-solving, and is inquiry-based, is huge.

** The beauty of inquiry is that the teacher gets to step back and become less a conveyer of knowledge and more of a facilitator of learning. The kids are coming to these understandings, things that they’ll remember for much longer than if I had just told them.

** I loved this institute and can’t wait to implement this curriculum in my classroom.

** Hands-on, interactive lessons were great!

** This program provided an amazing experience that I will bring back to my students & school. The combination of experiential learning and curriculum planning & implementation were fantastic.

** Excellent course. Meaningful P.D. (professional development) that opens the heart and mind.

** The ability to have these experiences did not seem possible. Being able to meet these amazing educators, understand the importance of cultural heritage & inclusive history, and go to these culturally significant places were a major highlight and I am beyond grateful to have been able to participate.

https://www.givebiggv.org/organizations/institute-for-heritage-education

Thanks for your support!

04/29/2026

Give Big Gallatin Valley runs from 6 p.m. Thursday April 30 (tomorrow) to 6 p.m. Friday May 1. As a Valley-based public charity, IHE is one of the giving options. Please consider a gift thru GBGV!

https://www.givebiggv.org/organizations/institute-for-heritage-education

Just make your gift during the open period, and we will thank you very much.

Why here, why now?

* Like many nonprofits, IHE/Project Archaeology has taken a hit to income from the loss of federal funding. As we diversify funding streams, donations from the public are an essential piece of that puzzle.

* The GBGV sponsor, the One Valley Community Foundation, will pass on your entire gift. 100%. No fees.

* You don't have to live in the Valley to donate. Anywhere is okay.

* We are dedicating the funds we raise from GBGV to a major Montana Project Archaeology teacher institute in the summer of 2027: the Little Bighorn Institute: Archaeology and Oral History of the Northern Plains.

https://www.givebiggv.org/organizations/institute-for-heritage-education

04/18/2026

Some details here on the Marquette, Michigan Project Archaeology workshop July 14-16, with the focus on Ojibwe culture.

Discover new ways to engage students with the past through hands-on scientific inquiry of social studies content. Explore a midwestern wickiup shelter and learn

04/18/2026

Thanks to the Elkhart County Historical Museum (Indiana) for bringing Project Archaeology to their community!

04/04/2026

Thanks to the Society for American Archaeology for honoring Project Archaeology with this award! As PA's national nonprofit partner, we couldn't be prouder of this excellent education program's successes, using scientific and historical inquiry for these purposes:

** Creating cultural understanding.
** Building a strong K-12 educational foundation.
** Strengthening critical thinking, collaboration, and citizenship skills.

03/29/2026

Take your pick -- or picks: three Project Archaeology events/workshops this summer ... in Alabama, Michigan, and Utah!

https://projectarchaeology.org/events/