Wisconsin Teachers Invited to Tour the Kickapoo Valley This Summer

Wisconsin Teachers of Local Culture is pleased to announce Making It Home in the Kickapoo Valley: A Wisconsin Cultural Tour for K-12 Teachers. This year we are delighted to collaborate with the Kickapoo Valley Reserve in Vernon County on a tour scheduled for August 3-7, 2009.

This tour explores a beautiful and culturally rich area of rural southwestern Wisconsin, examining land and water issues and seeking a deeper awareness of how people connect with the land. Over the course of the tour, participants will be immersed in a variety of multi-disciplinary indoor and outdoor experiences.

For details and an application form go to:

http://csumc.wisc.edu/wtlc/tour2009/index.htm

Twenty seats are available to K-12 teachers and staff on a first-come, first-served basis.

The cost for the tour is $185 per person. This includes tour transportation (bus and canoe), meals, and lodging.

This tour is sponsored by the Wisconsin Humanities Council, the Wisconsin Arts Board and the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures at UW-Madison.

If you have questions please contact Debbie Kmetz at dkmetz@wisc.edu or phone (608) 265-5594.