On-Site Workshops occur at a local heritage site or monument. Participants collaborate on dynamic learning activities that encourage full engagement. Activities are tailored to the developmental age of students, learning styles, and school culture and span disciplines and learning styles and might include: building a geo-desic dome, performing a site-specific readers’ theater, threshing wheat or enacting an investiture ceremony. Participants learn about the site and how to lead the activities through a “guide-by-the-side”

Designed as a break from learning, the Heritage Lunch gives participants an opportunity to continue learning in a relaxed environment that encourages well-being and engagement. Ithaki Academics works with a local eatery to provide a dining experience related to the heritage site under study. Menus are tailored to the time period and accompanied with written explanations. The Heritage Lunch is an important way to provide authentic opportunities to build positive working relationships that cross cultural

On-Campus workshops provide an effective overview of Cultural Heritage, giving administrators and faculty a preliminary understanding of how and why to incorporate the study of local communities into school culture. On-Campus Workshops should be combined with Off-Campus Workshops, Break-Out Sessions, and Coaching to construct a functional toolkit that provides the scaffolding to leverage Cultural Heritage to impact positive change. Workshops address topics including hands-on activities, lesson planning for success, cross-disciplinary mapping, differentiation, and assessment. Activities might include mapping a local neighborhood, weaving a rug, redesigning the educational program of a heritage site, recording a podcast on local heritage.

This online tool provides support to faculty and administrators as they implement Cultural Heritage curricula through Zoom or TEAMS meetings as well as digital protocols and materials. This includes access to updated teaching materials, lessons, guidebooks, and learning protocols. Ithaki Academics responds to specific questions and meet with clients to support teachers and students as they connect with their local communities.

With this tool, Ithaki Academics encourage, scaffold, and support teachers and administrators as they navigate the specific needs of their local community. Through one-on-one meetings or small groups, Rachel Iannacone Associates is able to respond to questions and problems that might arise as the program gets its footing.

This modality is offered in conjunction with on-campus and on-site workshops. Ithaki Academics carefully engineers group work to maximize effective planning and engagement.

With these activities, Ithaki Academics use their expertise and experience to work directly with student groups on campus and in their own classrooms. Our consultants can team teach, collaborate, or work independently to offer each group of students a unique cultural experience tailored to their ethos, learning style, and cultural environment. Often, this tool is used for preparation for an on-site activity at a local heritage monument.

Working with local teachers or independently, Ithaki Academics designs, implements and leads a local visit to a heritage site or monument to effectively engage students with local heritage, connecting to curricula requirements and the needs of individual schools.

This tool provides clients with Cultural Heritage curricula based on a specific local monument or site. Schools choose the number of Common Core Learning Objectives they wish to address, including English Language Arts, Math, Science, Physical Education, Social Studies, and Visual Arts. The curricula follow specific protocols: Learning Objective, Macro Lens, Essential Questions, Enduring Understandings, Skills, Knowledge and Vocabulary. These can be adjusted and adapted based on the needs of the school.