The Benjamin Harrison Society (BHS) is seeking the help of interested teachers and students who share our interest in preserving historical places and studying geography, engineering, archaeology, reading, science and technology and feel that it is worth studying and preserving. We feel that historical places and our heritage and should be preserved for or future generations. It is important that we provide opportunities for our students both at the local and state levels to work side by side with scientist, museums and libraries, assisting with the investigation and interpretation of our heritage past and future. There are many ways for you to get involved and to help us accomplish our research goals. You may wish to participate in our Digital Objects Tell Stories (DOTS) Mapping Field School, Science Clubs, Mathematics, Science and Technology Distant Learning programs for students and teachers. Students and teachers might share their drawings, computer, photography, or other skills and get a chance to work "hands-on" with centuries-old artifacts. You might be interested in helping us search for, catalogue, transcribe, or analyze historic documents and maps that our researchers have collected, or that are located in various depositories and libraries throughout the region. You can join our student and teacher teams, and work in the field alongside our partnering scientist, museum curators, and technologist, as we investigate historic artifacts, and preserve historical places and make exciting discoveries. The Benjamin Harrison Societies DOTS program will take students and teachers beneath our waterways, sea and oceans, to historical battlegrounds, and to the last frontiers to study and research historical objects, or to sites of excavations to shift and screen for historical artifacts.
If you are interested in joining the DOTS Kids team or the DOTS In the Classroom, please contact our DOTS Administrator, at 202-722-1947 or email at atanderson@benjamin-harrison-society.org. The Administrator will schedule an interview with all potential students and teacher, so that you will have a chance to meet with her and BHS' DOTS Program staff. The first step is to download DOTS Kids Registration Form to join other students and teachers who are connecting DOTS Kids to education and , critical thinking skills.
