Under the collaborative umbrella of the Archaeology Education
Clearinghouse (AEC), representatives from the Society for
Historical Archaeology (SHA), Society for American Archaeology
(SAA), and Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), came
together at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
conference to share archaeology education resources with social
studies educators from around the nation. NCSS is a national
organization for all sorts of educators concerned with social
studies, including classroom teachers, administrators, college
and university educators, and those who specialize in curriculum
and policy. Over the course of two November days in Seattle,
over 300 people stopped by the AEC vendor booth. Over half of
the folks who stopped by the AEC booth engaged in conversations
with Meredith Langlitz, Christy Pritchard, or Mary Petrich-Guy.
These archaeologists spoke with educators, shared information,
and, demonstrated the engaging utility of archaeology as a tool
for meeting curriculum req