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Tolerance or Not? A New Approach to Hudson Valley Colonies |
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Posted by Helise Winters & Martha Steck
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on January 04, 2011 |
The Center for Research, Regional Education & Outreach (CRREO) at SUNY New Paltz offers free, relevant, and in-depth materials ready for classroom use.
Our newest unit -- a thoughtful look at tolerance and diversity -- was developed by Laura Dull (left), a New Paltz professor and Maryann Fallek (below right) a SUNY instructor and recently retired high school social studies teacher.
This highly engaging three-part unit draws on information presented by Dutch, German, and American scholars who spoke at a symposium celebrating the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s voyage up the Hudson River.
 The lessons and activities were designed for 7th grade social studies and AP high school history and can be used as a complete unit or as stand-alone elements. The material encourages students to examine relations among Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans in early New York. In provocative and interesting ways, students are challenged with questions like:
- Who is an immigrant?
- How diverse were the colonies?
- How inclusive?
- Did diversity lead to tolerance or intolerance?
Maryann and Laura have included activities, back-up materials, interesting lead-in questions, and primary sources to stimulate student thinking. Get plans and all materials at www.teachingthehudsonvalley.org/component/option,com_units/Itemid,12/unit_id,115/ or www.newpaltz.edu/crreo/diversity_unit/toc.html.
Helise Winters is Dean of Regional Education and Martha Steck is an administrative assistant at the Center for Research, Regional Education & Outreach. CRREO was created in 2007 to engage the university and its people with communities, governments, not-for-profits, and businesses across the region. A “Resources for Teachers” program uses select topics and data from CRREO research to design learning materials. Visit www.newpaltz.edu/crreo/resources.html for more resources including videos of the Henry Hudson symposium presentations.
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