Teacher Leaders, please read Chapter 2 and 3 in Common Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working-Class Politics in the United States, 1900-1965, Annelise Orleck. You will receive the book on 12/13.
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Brooklyn Historical Society
The Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS), founded in 1863, is dedicated to the exploration and preservation of documents, artwork and artifacts representative of Brooklyn’s past and present. Its extensive education programs include museum/teacher partnerships, professional development workshops, curriculum materials for classroom use drawn from the collections, and student workshops on a range of historical topics. BHS is currently involved in several Teaching American History grants.
www.brooklynhistory.org
City Lore: The New York Center for Urban Folk Culture
City Lore is a cultural center for the arts and humanities dedicated to the documentation, preservation and presentation of New York City and America’s cultural heritage. Recent accomplishments include major National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants for their Place Matters initiative on preserving sites of history and tradition, and its education initiative, Local Learning. City Lore serves as an umbrella for filmmakers working on projects about the cultural heritage of New York and on subjects relating to American folklore and history. It was the fiscal sponsor for Ric Burns’ five-part series New York that recently aired on PBS, as well as his award-winning documentary, Coney Island. City Lore has received numerous grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, Lila Wallace, and the Ford Foundation. It served as the lead partner with the Gotham Center and the NYC Board of Education on three previous TAH grants.
www.citylore.org
Gotham Center for New York City History
Founded by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Mike Wallace, the Gotham Center facilitates cooperation among institutions and individuals writing, producing, and teaching history. The Center’s education initiative aims to enhance students’ knowledge and appreciation of history, and raise student achievement by working with teachers to improve instruction citywide. The Gotham Center was a lead partner in the Teaching American History grant program History First Hand with Community School District One on the Lower East Side and in two previous citywide TAH grants.
www.gothamcenter.org
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Henry Street Settlement
Henry Street Settlement was founded in 1893 to serve the immigrant population of the Lower East Side of New York City. Its Arts-in-Education program serves more than 15,000 children in Kindergarten through 12th grade every year. It was recently awarded the “Coming Up Taller Award” by the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for Humanities, and the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Henry Street partnered with PS 20 in Manhattan on an NEH Schools for the New Millennium project, bringing history and humanities scholars into the schools and linking activities with technology and classroom learning. Henry Street Settlement is involved in several Teaching American History grants, including two citywide grants, and will be an asset to the Teacher Leadership program.
www.henrystreet.org
New-York Historical Society
The New-York Historical Society (N-YHS), founded in 1804, is the city’s oldest museum. Its vast collections of materials relating to the city, state and nation are unparalleled. The mission of the Society is to use its collections to help visitors of all ages understand the complex and diverse past behind the world we know today. The N-YHS Education Department works collaboratively with teachers to make its resources an extension of the classroom and the curriculum. The N-YHS school programs introduce research skills to teachers and students using documents such as maps, photographs, newspapers and artifacts.
www.nyhistory.org
The Historic House Trust of New York City
The Historic House Trust of New York City is the not-for-profit steward of twenty-one house museums located on New York City parkland. Although the majority of the museums are owned and operated by independent non-profit organizations, the Trust guides their curatorial and educational programming to ensure that the collection as a whole tells the history of our city and country. A grant from the New York Community Trust in 2001 enabled the Historic House Trust to implement its strategic education plan to strengthen the educational offerings in each of the historic houses and to provide the house staffs with basic information about the New York City public school system and the New York State Learning Standards. With participation in previous citywide Teaching American History grants, The Historic House Trust will be an excellent partner.
www.historichousetrust.org
The Paley Center for Media (formerly the Museum of Television and Radio)
The Paley Center for Media is uniquely positioned to provide the archival and instructional services needed for the American History Film Club. The Center has a collection of over 120,000 radio and television programs, news footage, and advertisements from around the world that can complement the many eras and leaders portrayed in film throughout American History.
www.paleycenter.org