Teaching the Hudson Valley
Hudson Valley Heritage Education Initiative
Assistance
- p: 845-229-9116, x 35
- E-mail Us at: ROVA_TeachingtheHudsonValley
@nps.gov
Information about sites
and the stories they tell:
The Majestic and Mighty Marsh Restored, West Point Foundry Preserve, by Haldane Elementary
School, 2005-06Purpose.
"Teaching the Hudson Valley" aims to help teachers share with students and other educators an understanding of and love for the culture, ecology, and history of the Valley, and the tools needed to preserve it.
Programs.
Curriculum development grants. THV makes annual grants to schools with projects designed to familiarize students with significant places in the Valley. Working collaboratively with sites of cultural, historic, or natural importance, educators produce place-based lessons that complement core curriculum. Significant places include but are not limited to archives, art galleries, historic sites, libraries, museums, nature preserves, and parks.
Summer institutes. THV holds summer institutes featuring experts on the culture, ecosystems, and history of the Hudson Valley. These interdisciplinary programs foster interaction among diverse groups and attract K-12 educators, museum and park staff, environmentalists, librarians, scholars, community activists, and others. Click here for information.
Curriculum resources. THV is developing tools that will give educators and others access to curriculum units and lesson plans developed by our grantees. Once posted to the web these materials, featuring significant places throughout the Valley, will be downloadable and printable. Please check back for updates.
Newsletter. THV distributes an occasional electronic newsletter featuring events in the Hudson Valley, grants and other resources, and news about place-based education. E-mail us if you would like to subscribe.
History.
In 1996, Congress designated the Hudson River Valley a National Heritage Area in order to recognize, preserve, protect, and interpret its nationally significant cultural, historic, and natural resources.
The Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area, one of more than 25 throughout the country, encompasses some four million acres between New York City and Albany. "Teaching the Hudson Valley" is one important program designed to carry out the goals of the Heritage Area.
Partners.
THV is managed by the National Park Service and is based at the Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, Hyde Park, New York. The NPS provides financial and technical assistance to the Heritage Area.
The Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area, through its management entity, the Hudson River Valley Greenway, provides funding for and administers THV grants.
THV's cooperating partners are the Hudson River Estuary Program/New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Hudson River Valley Institute at Marist College.