Past Grantees

Teaching the Hudson Valley curriculum projects

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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: Ellenville Middle School and Sam' Point Preserve (Ulster County)

Project: Windswept Summits to Cool Ice Caves: Exploring Habitats

Students: 150, grade 7

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

Partners: Woodstock Day School, Mohonk Preserve, and Phillies Bridge Farm (Ulster County), Children's Media Project (Dutchess County), NY State Museum (Albany), Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture (Westchester County) Scenic Hudson's farmland and trails programs

Project: A Deeper Shade of Green: Agriculture in the Valley and Valley Agriculture for Grades 3-6

Students: 130, grades K-12

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: Philip Livingston Academy, Albany Institute of History and Art, and Schuyler Mansion (Albany County)

Project: Colonial and Post-Colonial Albany Life

Students: grade 7

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

Partners: River School and County Historical Society (Rockland), Hudson River Museum (Westchester)

Project: Rocky and Land's Hudson River Adventure

Students: kindergarten

2003-04 school year

Partners: Catskill ES, Bronck Museum, Catskill Point, RamsHorn-Livingston Sanctuary, Thomas Cole House, and Cohotate Preserve (Greene County), Olana and Pathfinder Farms (Columbia)

Project: Catskill Heritage Project, Grades 4-6 and Catskill Heritage Project, Grades 1-3

Students: 250, grades K-6

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

Partners: Poughkeepsie Day School, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, and Mid-Hudson Children's Museum (all Dutchess County), and Sloop Clearwater

Project: Life Along the Hudson River: Exploring Its Nature and Culture and Trapps Mountain Hamlet

Students: grades 1 and 2