Ancient Indiana Metropolis
Discover how the people at Angel (known today as Angel Mounds), lived and designed this city with great purpose as your students learn about the deep connections between the people and this place. Located on the banks of the Ohio River near Evansville, by 1250 A.D. Angel had become a powerful city. It remains a sacred place to today’s tribal nations and is one of the best preserved “Mississippian” sites to explore this period in Native American history.
History
Pre-Columbian Native American history (Mississippian ca. 1100-1450 A.D.)
archaeology
nature
Star lore
8215 Pollack Avenue, Evansville, IN, USA
Take a trip to see us
School Group Tours
K-Grade 12
Fee: Admission is FREE for pre-registered, accredited schools or homeschool groups of 10 or more K-12 students. Free admission includes teachers and bus drivers, plus one additional adult chaperone per every five students. Additional chaperones pay the group admission rate of $6/person.
Contact site for non-Indiana student rate.
Pre-registration required at least two weeks in advance.
This school group tour includes a self-guided tour of the newly-transformed interpretive center.
Mound Quest
Grades 2-5
at Angel Mounds State Historic Site
Students will take a walk in Mississippian footsteps through the ancient village site.
Price: $2/student
Indiana Academic Standards: Social Studies: 2.H.1, 2.H.2, 2.H.4, 3.H.1, 3.H.2, 3.G.7, 4.H.1, 4.H.2, 5.H.1, 5.H.3, 5.G.7, WH.1.1, WH.1.2
Explore Programs
Whether it’s at the site, outreach or virtual, we offer hands-on, exploratory and interactive programs on a variety of topics that provide your students a fun way to learn about Indiana’s people, places and things. All programs fulfill select Indiana Academic Standards.
AT SITE or OUTREACH
Length: 45-60 minutes
Max. number of students: 25
Cost: $4/student
Travel fees: 30-60 miles=$20; 60-90 miles=$40; 90+ miles=$60
VIRTUAL
Length: 45-60 minutes
Cost: $75/class; additional classes $100 for the same program
Email [email protected] to schedule a date for these programs.
INDIANA’S ORIGINAL RIVERTOWN
K–Grade 5
At site, outreach or virtual
Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (CST)
Put yourself in the shoes of a Mississippian as you learn about their daily life through artifacts discovered by historians and archaeologists. Find out how we know so much about a culture that has no written language.
Indiana Academic Standards: Social Studies: K.H.1, K.H.3, K.G.5, 1.H.1, 1.H.6, 2.H.1, 2.H.2, 3.H.1, 3.H.2, 3.H.4, 3.H.6, 4.H.1, 4.H.2, 5.H.1, 5.H.3; Ethnic Studies: ES.1.1, ES.1.2, ES.1.3, ES. 3.1
KNAP TIME
Grades 2–5
At site or outreach
Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (CST)
Make a functional tool to take home using the prehistoric skill of flint knapping in this experimental archaeology activity.
Indiana Academic Standards: Social Studies: 3.H.4, 3.G.7, 3.E.2, 4.H.2,4.G.8,4.G.9, 5.G.7, 8.H.1, 8.G.3; Language Arts: 3.RC.6, ; Science: 3-5-ETS1-1, 4-PS3-3, 4-ESS1-1 , 5-PS1-2
