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2003 Teaching NYC History in K-12 Conference Schedule

Friday, May 9, 2003

Welcome: Mike Wallace,
Co-author of Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898, winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for history

Keynote Speaker: Ric Burns,
Director of New York: A Documentary Film, Film clips will be shown

Friday, May 9, 2003: Keynote Speaker Ric Burns

Saturday, May 10, 2003

SESSION A: 9:15 - 10:45	SESSION B: 11:00 - 12:30	SESSION C: 2:00 - 3:30
A1 The Jazz Age of New York City: The Melting Pot of Culture Through Music and Dance	B1 The General Slocum Tragedy: A Local History Partnership	C1 Teaching the Immigrant Experience with Documents, K-16
A2 Oral History As Drama: Exploring New York History As It's Happening	B2 Civil War Tapestry, The New York Draft Riots	C2 Teaching Shakespeare in New York
A3 Project-Based Learning and the Integrating of Culture and History into the Teaching of New York City	B3 Exit Projects 'Work' in the Middle School New York City History Curriculum	C3 A Walk Through the Lower East Side: Teachers As Researchers
A4 History of 1 Sickle Street: A Microcosm of Immigration (1930-60)	B4 History, First Hand: New York and American History Courses for Teachers	C4 A City of Neighborhoods: Bridging School and Community for High School Students
A5 Mapsites.net: Putting Student Writing On the Map	B5 Architecture and Preservation in the Classroom	C5 Learning About "Networth" - The Frick Collection, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, and Socioeconomic Class in the Gilded Age
A6 Integrating Community-Based Research and the Arts Into the Study of New York City History	B6 Utilizing Theatre Arts to Teach Local History	C6 Teaching New Amsterdam: Integrating Museum and Classroom Learning
A7 The Lost Museum and Virtual New York: Online Web Resources for the Classroom	B7 The Great Staten Island History Scavenger Hunt: Using Historic Sites as Interactive Learning Labs	C7 Hudson River Park: Outdoor Classrooms for New York City Schools
A8 Building Literacy Through New York City History	B8 Demystifying the Primary Resource	C8 Happy Birthday, Dear School: Celebrating 100 Years of History at PS 145
A9 "'TAHG' YOU'RE IT" - Federal Funding Brings New York City Resources to Teachers	B9 Enlivening American History and New York City Through Primary Resources	C9 Teacher as Historian
A10 Folk Songs and New York Stories	B10 Stories, Sources, and Oral Histories: Two Approaches for the Local History Classroom	C10 Reading the City: An Expedition Through Queens with Middle School Students
A11 Geological History of Staten Island	B11 Slavery and New York City - Complicity and Resistance	C11 Continuity and Change in the East Harlem Community, 1930-1955
A12 Utilizing Historic House Museums as Primary Sources	B12 Creating an Integrated Curriculum Using the Theme of the American Revolution	C12 The Lenape

2003 Conference

2001 Teaching American
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