Harappa: An Ancient City
Ancient Harappa, founded over 5,000 years ago, was one of the world's first cities. Harappa.com is an excellent K–12 teaching resource for South Asia's past. The objective is archaeological – literally, in the case of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, and metaphorically, in the excavations of early modern media from the period of colonial British Rule, also called the British Raj period. Half of the Web site is dedicated to the ancient city of Harappa and other Indus civilization sites. The other half deals with the other end of Indian and Pakistani history, through early media – especially photographs and film as well as lithographs and engravings.
Health Careers Information Center
The Wisconsin AHEC Health Careers Information Center provides valuable information about all healthcare occupations, health career programs, and educational institutions that teach health careers in Wisconsin. Users can connect with speakers and mentors who volunteer to speak to groups about health careers or mentor individuals. In addition, the center offers access to resources such as videotapes, activities, books, and multimedia kits to teachers or anybody interested in teaching science concepts. One page on the Web site is dedicated to resources for pre-college programs and resources.
Health Careers Summer Camp
Wisconsin Area Health Education Center regional offices offer five-day, residential health careers camps in the summer, open to any high school student. These camps allow the students to experience first-hand the challenges, opportunities, and rewards of health professions. The hands-on activities are facilitated by health profession students, instructors, and health care professionals. Diversity awareness and leadership training are also integrated into the camp experience. Students will visit participating health care facilities and academic institutions and participate in their planned activities. These unique camps are a collaboration of Wisconsin AHEC regional offices, local colleges, technical colleges, and area healthcare practitioners. Meals, lodging expenses, and other program costs are provided by AHEC funding and sponsoring organizations. The total cost to the camper is a nominal non-refundable confirmation fee required upon acceptance to the camp. Scholarships are available for those unable to provide the confirmation fee. Campers are required to submit a completed application and references.
Health Education Programs for Teachers and Others
The Community and School Health Education Program provides training, technical assistance, and materials development for individuals and organizations involved in health education and health promotion. The educational programs are designed for individuals working in a variety of settings including schools, community-based organizations, health and human service agencies, and government. The program provides behavioral-science-based training in the areas of comprehensive school health programs, adolescent sexuality education, HIV/AIDS prevention, program evaluation, and community planning. Of special note is the School HIV/AIDS Policy Toolkit, available as a free download.
Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection
The School of Human Ecology is home to the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection (HLATC). The collection features more than 12,000 textiles and costumes representing countless eras, places, and techniques, making it one of the largest university textile collections in the United States. The size and scope of the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection, along with its related programs, make it an outstanding resource for scholars, designers, students, and members of the community. The HLATC office is open Monday–Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Visitors should call to make an appointment: 608-262-1162.
History of Wisconsin Agriculture and Rural Life Collection
The History of Wisconsin Agriculture and Rural Life collection is based on a bibliography compiled as part of the National Preservation Project for Agricultural Literature. Items in the bibliography, primary and secondary materials published through 1945, were initially ranked by a review panel for preservation microfilming. Now, through funding from the Council of University of Wisconsin Libraries, this collection provides the public with access to a growing subset of this material through the UW Digital Collections Center.
Hoofer Youth Program: Fun and Learning in the Great Outdoors
The Hoofer Youth Program offers quality on-the-water instruction with a focus on fun and learning. Programs are designed to teach outdoor recreation skills while encouraging youth to have fun and develop personally in the areas of communication, self-reliance, sportsmanship, and respect for others. Hoofers promotes a constant awareness of safety, emphasizes the importance of working together, and teaches students to adapt themselves to the forces of nature. The Hoofer Youth Program is open to family members of Wisconsin Union members and of University of Wisconsin-Madison students, faculty, and staff. Anybody may join the Wisconsin Union. Requirements: age; skill requirements for advanced classes.
Hot Sites for Cool Science: Resources for Teaching About Science, Food and Agriculture
This list of food and agricultural resources compiled by the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences provides information about caterpillars, dairy farming, minerals, molecules, biology, science careers, and more. Users will have fun with the various one-page quizzes that help teach about food and agriculture.
Huarochiri : A Peruvian Culture in Time
Huarochiri is an Andean province near Lima, Peru. The Web site offers an ethnographic and historical tour of some of its communities, with many photographs. It samples the Huarochiri Quechua Manuscript, which alone among colonial documents explains a pre-Christian tradition in an Andean language, and visits modern highlanders who inhabit and interpret the mythic landscape. The site is available in English and Spanish. This is an information resource for older high school students and up, or teachers.
Humanities Exposed Program
The Humanities Exposed Program (HEX) fosters collaborative projects in the humanities that connect UW–Madison graduate students with teachers, schools, after-school programs, museums, and neighborhood centers. The graduate students, representing a cross-section of disciplines and frames of reference, use their research to engage diverse members of the public in exploration, writing, and discussion of ideas. HEX projects identify community needs and form sustainable, ongoing relationships to address those needs. The program is housed in the UW–Madison Center for the Humanities.