Although I currently do not live in the Mormon Domain, I have in the past, and
have relatives who live there now. In fact, my mother-in-law teaches fourth
grade in Logan, Utah (extreme northern Utah).
Part of the fourth grade curriculum in Utah is state history. Consequently, the
Utah Interagency Task Force on Cultural Resources, in conjunction with the
Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, and The
State of Utah published a Teacher's Activity Guide for Fourth through Seventh
Grades entitled, "Intrigue of the Past: Investigating Archaeology" (1992). The
authors are: Shelley Smith, Jeanne Moe, Kelly Letts, and Danielle Paterson.
My mother-in-law (who is Mormon and is teaching students who are predominantly
Mormon) uses this text each year in her classroom. Section Two of the text
("Utah's First People") includes a timeline, which begins with the Paleoindians
and ends with Modern Navajo. In addition, there are chapters devoted to
Paleoindian, Archaic, Fremont, Anasazi, Numic and Navajo peoples.
I do not know which chapters my mother-in-law uses in class, but the
prehistoric
indigenous past(s) is/are clearly and accurately represented in the text.
So, I believe information regarding America's indigenous populations is
available and accurate in schools within the Mormon Domain. I do not know,
however, whether or not (or how) the information within the text(s) is taught
to the students.
Benjamin Pykles
University of Pennsylvania
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> geoff carver - SUNY buffalo
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Barford [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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> Subject: [ArchTheoMeth] Mormon archaeologies
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> Considering the problems US schools have had in determining how to teach the
> origins of life in various parts of the country, can anyone tell me whether
> prehistory is taught differently in the states with high Mormon populations
> such as Utah and Idaho? How are the relationships between the civilizations
> at the east end of the Mediterranean Sea and the prehistory of America's
> native populations presented in the curricula and school textbooks used in
> those areas?
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> Paul Barford
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