History in the House

History in the House A Series of Site-Based, Interactive Workshops for Middle School American History Teachers
In these full-day workshops, teachers will visit historic sites around the city and learn content and teaching strategies for bringing New York City history into their middle school classrooms. Continental breakfast, books and teaching materials will be provided to registered participants.
September 26, 2008 Incorporating Photography into the Classroom: Alice Austen House A National Historic Landmark, The Alice Austen House is the home and workplace to one of America’s earliest and most prolific female photographers. Discover how photography is an interdisciplinary learning strategy through using Polaroid and digital cameras. Analyze Austen’s photographs of Staten Island in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Learn how this collection can be connected to student projects documenting contemporary Staten Island life.
November 20, 2008 It Happened Here: Stories from Brooklyn Historical Society’s Collections Participants will explore Brooklyn Historical Society’s Queen Anne-style building and rich collections as well as classroom application techniques connecting Brooklyn’s stories to national history. Using theatre-in-education strategies such as tableaux, role-play, and scene work, participants will examine key figures and events of 19th Century Brooklyn. Primary documents such as journals and photographs from Brooklyn Historical Society’s collections will inspire and inform the historical content of this creative exploration.
January 23, 2009 The Promises & Failures of Reconstruction This workshop draws on the American Musicals Project (AMP) unit Show Boat and the groundbreaking New-York Historical Society exhibition "Grant and Lee in War and Peace" to explore the promises and failures of Reconstruction. Key themes addressed include emancipation, suffrage, Radical Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and “Lost Cause” mythology. Participants will receive the curriculum guide and accompanying DVD for Show Boat, as well as student and teacher materials created to support Grant and Lee.
March 26, 2009 New York's Chinese Community: Migration, Heritage & Home City Lore will lead a walking tour of Manhattan's Chinese community followed by a site visit and hands-on workshop at the Museum of Chinese in America. Participants will receive teaching materials and a light breakfast.
May 1, 2009 Investigating History and Architecture Participants will explore New York City’s only family home that is preserved intact from the 19th century. We will study how architecture and community studies can be incorporated into interdisciplinary learning. Teaching strategies include a neighborhood architecture walk, sketching, model-building, conducting primary research, and role-playing.
To register, go to http://pd.nycoit.org/, type “History in the House” in the title field and “social studies” in the subject field.
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History in the House
A Series of Site-Based, Interactive Workshops for
Middle School American History Teachers

In these full-day workshops, teachers will visit historic sites around the city and learn content and teaching strategies for bringing New York City history into their middle school classrooms. Continental breakfast, books and teaching materials will be provided to registered participants.

September 26, 2008
Incorporating Photography into the Classroom: Alice Austen House

A National Historic Landmark, The Alice Austen House is the home and workplace to one of America’s earliest and most prolific female photographers. Discover how photography is an interdisciplinary learning strategy through using Polaroid and digital cameras. Analyze Austen’s photographs of Staten Island in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Learn how this collection can be connected to student projects documenting contemporary Staten Island life.

November 20, 2008
It Happened Here: Stories from Brooklyn Historical Society’s Collections

Participants will explore Brooklyn Historical Society’s Queen Anne-style building and rich collections as well as classroom application techniques connecting Brooklyn’s stories to national history. Using theatre-in-education strategies such as tableaux, role-play, and scene work, participants will examine key figures and events of 19th Century Brooklyn. Primary documents such as journals and photographs from Brooklyn Historical Society’s collections will inspire and inform the historical content of this creative exploration.

January 23, 2009
The Promises & Failures of Reconstruction

This workshop draws on the American Musicals Project (AMP) unit Show Boat and the groundbreaking New-York Historical Society exhibition "Grant and Lee in War and Peace" to explore the promises and failures of Reconstruction. Key themes addressed include emancipation, suffrage, Radical Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and “Lost Cause” mythology. Participants will receive the curriculum guide and accompanying DVD for Show Boat, as well as student and teacher materials created to support Grant and Lee.

March 26, 2009
New York's Chinese Community: Migration, Heritage & Home

City Lore will lead a walking tour of Manhattan's Chinese community followed by a site visit and hands-on workshop at the Museum of Chinese in America. Participants will receive teaching materials and a light breakfast.

May 1, 2009
Investigating History and Architecture

Participants will explore New York City’s only family home that is preserved intact from the 19th century. We will study how architecture and community studies can be incorporated into interdisciplinary learning. Teaching strategies include a neighborhood architecture walk, sketching, model-building, conducting primary research, and role-playing.

To register, go to http://pd.nycoit.org/, type “History in the House” in the title field and “social studies” in the subject field.

main page – Leadership in American History