Rivers and the Delta: Teaching about Rivers, the Great Swamp, and The Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee Board 2010
A Workshop and Planning Session Sponsored by the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee Board
June 3 (all day) and 4 (half day), follow-up June 30 (half day). 1 ½ CEU’s available (fee applies)
Program
June 3. Meet at 9am in the Capps Archive and Museum Building
Introductions
Announcements:
DSU dorm housing is available for $15 per night
Who will meet us in Clarksdale tomorrow (transportation will be provided for the return)?
General Overview of our subject
Break to view the Flood photos in Ewing Hall
Army Corps of Engineers videos on The River
Fatal Flood- the story of the 1927 levee break
Lunch, noon to 1:15
Yazoo-Mississippi Levee Board Presentation
Team assignments and module development
Review of assignments and preview of final meeting
June 4. Meet at 7am in the Capps Archive and Museum Building or at 8am at the Yazoo-Mississippi Levee Board offices in Clarksdale
Depart for Clarksdale at 7:15 SHARP
Yazoo-Mississippi Levee Board presentation and tour
Tour to site of the 1927 levee break and discussion
Return to Capps Archive by noon. Transportation to Clarksdale will be available for those who met there.
June 30. Meet at 9am in the Capps Archive and Museum Building
Individual presentations/modules/lesson plans
Lesson plans must be submitted in both hard copy and electronic formats
To access the 2010 lesson plans, click below:
Team 1 with appendix 1, 2 and 3