Wake Forest University Museum of Anthropology

Learn what it was like to grow up an Indian in the southwestern United States or find out about the processes used in discovering how the ancient people of the Yadkin River Valley lived at this anthropology museum at Wake Forest University.

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• American Indians A guide to some of the best resources for teaching about American Indians, including lesson plans, articles, websites, and field trip opportunities.
• Teacher guide: Teaching about North Carolina American Indians This web edition is drawn from a teachers institute curriculum enrichment project on North Carolina American Indian Studies conducted by the North Carolina Humanities Council. Resources include best practices for teaching about American Indians, suggestions for curriculum integration, webliographies, and lesson plans about North Carolina American Indians.
• Intrigue of the Past Lesson plans and essays for teachers and students explore North Carolina's past before European contact. Designed for grades four through eight, the web edition of this book covers fundamental concepts, processes, and issues of archaeology, and describes the peoples and cultures of the Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian periods.

Related pages

• Frisco Native American Museum and Natural History Center: The center has wonderful exhibits which explain the importance of the Native American people of North America as well as artifacts of the first inhabitants of Hatteras Island.
• Occaneechi Indian Village in Hillsborough: A reconstruction of a traditional Occaneechi village.
• Museum of the Cherokee Indian: Official site of the museum of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina.

Related topics

• Learn more about Africa, American Indians, Forsyth County, Henry Berry Lowery, Mexican Arts and Crafts, North Carolina, Yupik People, anthropology, archaeology, artifacts, history, and history museums.

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The Museum’s permanent exhibits consist of objects from the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania, including household and ceremonial items, textiles, hunting and fishing gear, and objects of personal adornment. Materials collected by Moravian missionaries can be found here, as well as prehistoric artifacts from North Carolina’s Yadkin River Valley.

The Museum offers curriculum based programs for grades K through 8 during the school year. Teachers are offered a newsletter called World Voices which will ‘help them navigate the educational events and programs the Museum of Anthropology offers.” Contact Kim Robertson at (336) 758-5282 or email robertkd@wfu.edu for more information.

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