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:
Call for place-based education proposals
Apply by March 17, 2008
Awards announced late spring
Projects may begin in summer
T
eaching the Hudson Valley will make matching grants of up to $10,000 for place-based curriculum development projects in which schools and significant places work together to plan and carry out lessons for use in classrooms and on-site. Proposals may span one or two school years. Lessons developed should be intended for ongoing use.
The program is open to public and private schools and public sites in Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Ulster, and Westchester counties and the Town of Waterford in Saratoga County.
Sites must (1) be open to the public; (2) feature significant cultural, historic, and/or natural resources; and (3) interpret or preserve the Valley’s culture, ecosystems, or history. Significant places include but are not limited to not-for-profit art galleries, archives, historic buildings, museums, parks, and other heritage sites. Camps and similar groups that are program-focused, rather than place-based, are not eligible. If you are uncertain, please contact THV.
THV looks for proposals that creatively integrate sites with curriculum. Projects may be interdisciplinary or focus on one area, such as, geography, arts, or science, and should:
- Create or deepen partnerships and model effective teamwork between schools and significant sites.
- Encourage place-based learning with strong connections to curriculum and standards.
- Generate lessons others will want to use.
A few extra points will go to projects that explore the 60th anniversary (2008) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which Eleanor Roosevelt called her proudest achievement, or anticipate the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain anniversaries to be observed in 2009.
Get an application. For assistance phone 845-229-9116, ext. 35, or e-mail.
Photo courtesy of Julie Cash, Sophie Finn School, Kingston
Teaching the Hudson Valley is an education initiative of the National Park Service, Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area and Hudson River Valley Greenway in partnership with the Hudson River Valley Institute at Marist College, and Hudson River Estuary Program, NY State Dept. of Environmental Conservation.