Outreach Programs

Outreach Program

Survivor: 10,000 B.P.

Jeffers Petroglyphs: A Recording of 7000 years of North American History

• Grades: 6-12
• Time: 1-1 ½ hours (programs can be tailored to your needs and time available)
• Contact: Pam Jensen at 507-628-5591 or jefferspetroglyphs@mnhs.org
• Cost: $4.00 per student (plus mileage for presenters)
• Recommended number of students: 15 - 30

Learn how Early Indian People living in Southern Minnesota were able to endure environmental changes by developing ways to adapt in order to survive and also how the carvings at the Jeffers Petroglyphs relate to their ways of life.

This program correlates with State Social Studies and Science standards and can be tailored to specific levels and time available. Pre-Post visit materials will be provided to teachers.

The program begins with a PowerPoint presentation that introduces the students to the information followed by the classroom activity. Students will travel through time investigating how the Early Indian People were able to face the daily challenge of survival. Students will examine and handle important tools and other (reproduction) items illuminating the technological and other cultural innovations that people developed and used during each of four time periods defined by climate changes: Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian. To aid in discovery and learning, students will be guided by professional staff through questions designed to engage the students in their travel through 7000 years of history. The program ends with a “Survivor” game in which students answer questions about information they learned from the outreach program.