The Ancient Americas Opens March 9, 2007 The Field Museum’s ground-breaking new exhibition, The Ancient Americas, takes you on a journey through 13,000 years of human ingenuity and achievement in the western hemisphere, where hundreds of diverse societies thrived long before the arrival of Europeans. In this 19,000-square-foot permanent exhibition you’ll live the epic story of the peopling of these continents, from the Arctic to the tip of South America. Discover how and why the early Americans developed farming, created new forms of artistic expression, and forged mighty empires. See more than 2,200 artifacts, amazing reconstructions, and dozens of videos and interactive displays, and come to understand the ingenuity with which ancient peoples met the challenges of their times and places…as we meet ours today. Programs Student Program: Cultures of the Ancient Americas (Grades 9 -12) Investigate the social and political systems of the early people of the Americas. Learn how different societies organized themselves to meet their needs, then use this new knoweldge to explore connections between the social systems of early and contemporary societies. Program Student Beginning March 12, 2007 Cost: $4 per student Pre-Registration Required Supported by The Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust. Student Program: Family Life in the Americas: Past and Present (Grades 3 - 8) Explore family life across the Americas, today and in the past. Step into an ancient Pueblo house and learn about daily life as a child in an early Puebloan community. Program Student Beginning March 12, 2007 Cost: $4 per student Pre-Registration Required