histpres.mtsu.edu
Heritage Education is the use of local cultural and historic resources for teaching the required curricula of grades K-12. Activities, lessons plans, and units of study focus on, but are not limited to, architecture, archaeology, cemeteries, documents, folk ways, objects and artifacts, community and family history, photographs/portraits, historic sites, museums, and the urban and rural landscape.
The Heritage Education Network/THEN,histpres.mtsu.edu/then/
www.architeacher.org
Architeacher is a program that is dedicated to encouraging excellence in the design of communities. A major thrust of the program is training teachers to help their student’s value beauty and function in architectural design. Since Architeacher values the elegance and craftsmanship of buildings from the past, strong focus is given to building student attitudes toward preserving the architectural heritage.
Architeacher’s staff and consultants represent two worlds: architecture and education. This partnership offers validity to the program, as experts from the field of architecture provide the knowledge of architectural history and design, and certified teachers and university professors insure that the program is compatible with the latest research in educational practice.
Architeacher has a 25 year history of success providing teacher in service and curriculum resource materials to schools, museums and public service organizations. Architeacher’s conceptual base was established in 1975 through research funded by the Illinois Arts Council and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and our staff development program has continued to receive funding to train teachers both nationally and worldwide. We encourage you to contact us if you are interested in helping us shape a better architectural environment for your community. (PACA has partnered with Architeacher on various projects.)
The Center for the Study of Art and Architecture
115 West Church Street Champaign, Illinois 61820
(217) 359 3453
(217) 359 7711 FAX
architeacher1@aol.com