Teaching the Hudson Valley curriculum projects
2008-09 school year
Partners: Four Beacon elementary schools with Mount Gulian Historic Site (Dutchess County)
Project: I See Freedom, social studies, English/language arts, music, and art
Students: 270, grade 5
Partners: Locust Grove: Samuel Morse Historic Site with Vail Farm ES, Arlington (Dutchess)
Project: Competing for a Place in the Sun: Adaptation & Biodiversity, science & social studies
Students: Year 1 - 25, grade four; Future use - Locust Grove estimates 600 students a year
Partners: North Rockland High School and Fieldstone Secondary School with the Rockland County Historical Society and Museum
Project: Bridges to the Past, Links to the Future, social studies, English, technology
Students: 1,000, grades 8-12
Partners: Rensselaer County Historical Society with Troy City Elementary School #12
Project: Touching Troy, Teaching Troy, science, social studies, English, and math
Students: Year 1 - 75, Year 2 -- 140, grade 4
Partners: Rensselaer Middle School, Rensselaer City School District, with Half Moon replica ship and New Netherland Museum (Albany County)
Project: Preparing for the Future by Experiencing the Past, social studies, English, and math
Students: 224, grades 6-8
Partners: South Junior High School, Newburgh City Schools (Orange County) with Clearwater at Esopus Meadow Point (Ulster County)
Project: Tideline Discovery Program, living environment, Regents' biology
Students: 45, grade 9
Partners: Troy City Schools, Kate Mullany House National Historic Site (Rensselaer County)
Project: Don't Iron While the Strike Is Hot! The Legacy of Kate Mullany, social studies and English/language arts
Students: 140, grades 4, 8, and 11
2007-08 school year
Partners: Albany Institute of History and Art with Eagle Point Elementary, City of Albany
Project: Fulton's Steamboat: Where History & Art Meet Science & Industry, interdisciplinary
Students: 60, grade 5
Partners: Albany Visitors Center, Crailo State Historic Site (Rensselaer County), and Peebles Island State Historic Site (Saratoga County), with Green Meadow School (Rensselaer)
Project: Unearthing the Hudson Valley
Students: 65, grade 4
Partners: Harness Racing Museum and Maple Hill Elementary School, both in Orange County
Project: Hudson Valley Firsts, social studies and reading
Students: 350, grade 5 (students have never had a field trip)
Partners: Hudson River Maritime Museum and Edson Elementary, Kingston, Ulster County
Project: Hudson River Explorers Then and Now
Students: 90, grade 3
Partners: John Jay Homestead and Enrico Fermi School for the Performing Arts (Westchester)
Project: The ReST of the Valley: Exploring Revolution, Slavery, & Technology, English/language arts and social studies
Students: 125, grade 4
Partners: Krieger Elementary (Dutchess), Phillipsburg and Van Cortlandt Manors (Westchester)
Project: Getting Your Hands-On History
Students: 75, grade 4
2006-07 school year
Partners: Albany City middle schools, Aqua Ducks, Heritage Area Visitors Center, Fort Orange, Quackenbush House, Capital Region Underground Railroad History Project, Ten Broeck Mansion, St. Joseph's, City Hall (Albany County)
Project: Voyage to Albany: A Living History Program, social studies
Students: 645, grade 7
Partners:Catskill and Hudson High Schools, Catskill Mountain House site, Catskill Point, Olana State Historic Site, Thomas Cole Historic Site -- Greene and Columbia counties
Project: Landscape Connections
Students: 100, grades 11 and 12
Partners: Newburgh Free Academy and City of Newburgh Senior Housing Office (Orange County), FDR Library and Museum (Dutchess), WAMC (studios in Albany)
Project: Issues for Senior Citizens: Past, Present, and Future -- AP Government & Politics and Honors Participation in Government
Students: 150, grade 12
Partners: SS Seward Institute, Florida Historical Society/Cemetery, Thrall Library, William Henry Seward Birthplace (all Orange County)
Project: William Henry Seward, history
Students: 160, grades 7 and 8
Partners: Sophie Finn ES, Hudson River Maritime Museum, Rondout Lighthouse, Kingston Point Park/Forsyth Nature Center, Shaupeneak Ridge Recreation Area (Ulster County), Montgomery Place (Dutchess), Clearwater
Project: Hudson River: Past, Present, & Future, Earthworms, and Learning About Local Habitat & Wildlife
Students: 45, grades 2 and 4
Partners: Woodside Elementary and Van Cortlandt Manor (Westchester County), New Windsor Cantonment and Washington's Headquarters (Orange County)
Project: Revolutionary War, English/language arts and social studies
Students: 225, grade 4
2005-06 school year
Partners: Brendon Montessori School, Tivoli Bays, and Poet's Walk/Scenic Hudson (Dutchess County) and Hudson River Maritime Museum (Ulster County)
Project: A River Runs Thru It
Students: grade 4
Partners: Chancellor Livingston School and Norrie State Park (Dutchess), Lyndhurst and Philipsburg Manor (Westchester), Hudson River Maritime Museum (Ulster), and Clearwater
Project: HRV Ecosystems: Innovation & Economic Development, science and social studies
Students: 25, grade 5
Partners: Foxfire School, Beczak Environmental Education Center, Hudson River Museum, and Philipse Manor (all Westchester County)
Project: A River Runs through Us, interdisciplinary
Students: 175, pre-kindergarten through 5
Partners: Haldane ES, West Point Foundry/Scenic Hudson, Constitution Marsh, Chamber of Commerce, County Historical Society/Foundry School Museum (all Putnam County)
Project: West Point Foundry and Cold Spring
Students: 100, grade 6
Partners: Hoosick Falls Schools, Bennington Battlefield, Louis Miller Museum, DEC, and County Soil and Water (all Rensselaer County)
Project: Creating a Battlefield Guide, interdisciplinary
Students: 150, grades 4, 11, and 12
Partners: New Paltz Middle School and John Burroughs' Slabsides (Ulster County)
Project: Nature Writing, English/Language Arts and Social Studies
Students: 100, grade 6
Partners: Sargent ES with River & Estuaries Center, DEC's Hudson River Estuary Program, and Clearwater
Project: Our River Estuary, interdisciplinary
Students: kindergarten through 5
Partners: Taconic Hills Schools, Copake Iron Works, and Olana (all Columbia County)
Project: Industry of the 19th Century
Students: 100, grade 4
2004-05 school year
Partners: Bethlehem MS, Glenmont ES, and Schuyler Mansion (Albany County), Fisher Center for Performing Arts at Bard College and Montgomery Place (Dutchess County), and Olana (Columbia)
Project: Architecture in the Hudson Valley, interdisciplinary
Students: 75, grades 8 and 3
Partners:Lewisboro Elementary, Lyndhurst, and Philipsburg Manor (all Westchester County)
Project: From Barter to Big Business: Economic Development of the Hudson River Valley, English language arts and social studies
Students: grade 4
Partners: N. Salem MS, Sunnyside: Home of Washington Irving, Union Church (Westchester), Dia Beacon (Dutchess)
Project: Artistic Expression in the Hudson Valley
Students: grade 6
Partners: Pequenakonck ES, Westchester Archives & Records, local historical societies, and Miller House (all in Westchester; school also has students from Putnam)
Project: Westchester County in the American Revolution: Using Primary Documents
Students: grade 4
Partners: Randolph School, Beacon Sloop Club, Bowdoin and Reese parks, Wappinger Historical Society, and Mill Street Loft (all Dutchess County) Clearwater and Hudson Fisheries Trust
Project: Dancing with the Hudson
Students: 100, grades K-9
2003-04 school year
Partners: Claremont ES, Ossining Historical Society Museum, Rockefeller State Park Preserve, County Archives and Historical Society (all Westchester County)
Project: The River, the Road, the Aqueduct
Students: grade 4
Partners: Horizons-on-the-Hudson Magnet, Washington's Hdq., Crawford House, Gomez Mill House (Orange County)
Project: Newburgh History Adventure Project: Navigating the New Millennia
Students: grades 3, 4, and 5
Partners: Hyde Park Schools; FDR Home, Library, and Museum, Top Cottage, and Val-Kill (all Dutchess County)
Project: Develop existing field trips into lessons on the life and times of the Roosevelts
Students: grades 2, 4, and 8
Partners: Thomas Jefferson ES, Philipsburg Manor, Peekskill Underground Rail Road (Westchester County)
Project: Experiencing the Institution of Slavery in New York's Hudson River Valley
Students: grade 5
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