Greetings,

A special education teacher from an elementary school in the Virginia Beach
area recently contacted our organization asking if we could donate items
that could be used towards putting together a "discovery kit" or "teaching
trunk."  Unfortunately, we are primarily a research organization and do not
have teaching kits to donate or lend out.  Would any of you know of any
institutions (especially in the Virginia Beach area) that would be willing
to donate such kits?  I know this might be an impossible question to ask, as
many are only willing to lend such items for a fee.  However, I thought I'd
still try and pose the question.  I did do a cursory search on the web for
organizations in Virginia that would provide teaching kits, but I had no
real luck.

Unfortunately, the gentleman wasn't specific about the sorts of objects he
was looking for.  Rather, he writes his classroom is "a very visual and
tactile place, where we try to make learning a discovery. One of the hardest
subjects for my guys to visualize is history.  I believe that small
artifacts might be one of the ways they can visualize the past."  It appears
that his interests are on the general history and prehistory of the U.S.  I
apologize in advance for this request being so broad, but if you have any
leads I'd certainly appreciate it so I could pass them onto him.


Thanks,

Jamie Kelly
The Powell Archaeological Research Center
http://www.powellarchaeology.org

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