Teaching the Hudson Valley

Hudson Valley Heritage Education Initiative

Assistance

Information about sites
and the stories they tell:

Grants Made

2007-08 school year

Albany Institute of History and Art with Eagle Point Elementary, City of Albany

Project title: Fulton's Steamboat: Where History and Art Meet Science and Industry, interdisciplinary

Students: 60 fifth graders

Albany Visitors Center, Crailo State Historic Site (Rensselaer County), and Peebles Island State Historic Site (Saratoga County), with Green Meadow School (Rensselaer)

Project title: Unearthing the Hudson Valley, interdisciplinary

Students: 65 fourth graders

Ellenville Middle School and Sam's Point Preserve, Ulster County

Project title: Windswept Summits to Cool Ice Caves: Exploring Habitats, interdisciplinary

Students: 150 seventh graders

Harness Racing Museum and Maple Hill Elementary School, Orange County

Project title: Hudson Valley Firsts, social studies and reading

Students: 350 fifth graders who have never been on a field trip

Hudson River Maritime Museum and Edson Elementary, Kingston, Ulster County

Project title: Hudson River Explorers Then and Now, interdisciplinary

Students: 90 third graders

John Jay Homestead (Katonah) and Enrico Fermi School for the Performing Arts (Yonkers), Westchester County

Project title: The ReST of the Hudson Valley: Exploring Revolution, Slavery, & Technology, English/language arts and social studies

Students: 125 fourth graders

Krieger Elementary School, City of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, and Historic Hudson Valley's Phillipsburg and Van Cortlandt Manors, Westchester County

Project title: Getting Your Hands-On History, interdisciplinary

Students: 75 fourth graders

2006-07 school year

City of Albany, all four middle schools, Albany County

Title or theme: Voyage to Albany: A Living History Program, social studies

Sites & partners: Albany Aqua Ducks, Albany Heritage Area Visitors Center including Fort Orange, Quackenbush House, Underground Railroad, Ten Broeck Mansion, St. Joseph's, Albany City Hall, plus.

Grade 7, 645 students

Catskill and Hudson High Schools, Greene and Columbia counties

Title or theme: Landscape Connections, interdisciplinary

Sites & partners: Catskill Mt. House site, Catskill Pt., Olana & Thomas Cole historic sites

Grades 11 and 12, 100 students

McQuade Children's Services, New Windsor, Orange County (students from throughout the Valley)

Title or theme: Hands on the Hudson, interdisciplinary

Sites & partners: Hudson River Sloop Clearwater and Esopus Meadows Environmental Center

Grades 3-10, 84 students

Newburgh Free Academy, Newburgh, Orange County

Theme: Issues for senior citizens - past, present, and future; Advanced Placement Government & Politics, and Honors Participation in Government

Sites & partners: FDR Library and Museum, City of Newburgh Senior Housing Office, WAMC

Grade 12, 150 students

SS Seward Institute, Florida, Orange County

Title or theme: William Henry Seward, history

Sites & partners: Florida Historical Society/Cemetery, Thrall Library, Wm. H. Seward Birthplace

Grades 7 and 8, 160 students

Sophie Finn Elementary School, Kingston, Ulster County

Title or theme: Hudson River: Past, Present, and Future, interdisciplinary

Sites & partners: Clearwater, Hudson River Maritime Museum, Rondout Lighthouse, Kingston Pt. Park & Forsyth Nature Center, Montgomery Place, Scenic Hudson/Shaupeneak Ridge Rec Area

Grades 2 and 4, 45 students

Woodside Elementary School, Peekskill, Westchester County

Title or theme: Revolutionary War, English/language arts and social studies

Sites & partners: New Windsor Cantonment & Washington's Headquarters state historic sites, Van Cortlandt Manor

Grade 4, 225 students

Woodstock Day School, Woodstock, Ulster County

Title or theme: History & Future of Sustainable Agriculture in the Valley, interdisciplinary

Sites & partners: Children's Media Project, Mohonk Preserve, NY State Museum, Phillies Bridge Farm, Scenic Hudson farmland protection & trail programs, Stone Barns Ctr. for Food & Agriculture

Grades K-12, 130 students

2005-06 school year

Brendon Montessori School, Lagrangeville, Dutchess County

Title or theme: A River Runs Thru It, interdisciplinary

Sites and partners: Tivoli Bays, Maritime Museum, and Poet's Walk/Scenic Hudson

Grade: 4

Chancellor Livingston School, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County

Title or theme: HRV Ecosystems: Innovation & Economic Development, science & social studies

Sites: Lyndhurst, Philipsburg Manor, Clearwater, Maritime Museum, Norrie State Park

Grade: 5

Foxfire School, Yonkers, Westchester County

Title or theme: A River Runs through Us, interdisciplinary

Sites and partners: Beczak Environmental Education Center, Hudson River Museum, Philipse Manor, NY Aquarium

Grades: pre-kindergarten through 5

Haldane Elementary School, Cold Spring, Putnam County

Title or theme: West Point Foundry and Cold Spring, interdisciplinary

Sites and partners: West Point Foundry/Scenic Hudson, Constitution Marsh, Area Chamber of Commerce, Michigan Tech. University, Putnam County Historical Society/Foundry School Museum

Grade: 6

Hoosick Falls, Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer County

Title or theme: Creating a Battlefield Guide, interdisciplinary

Sites and partners: Bennington Battlefield, Louis Miller Museum, DEC, County Soil & Water

Grades: 4, 11, and 12

New Paltz Middle School, New Paltz, Ulster County

Title or theme: Nature Writing, English Language Arts and Social Studies

Site: John Burroughs' Slabsides

Grade: 6

Philip Livingston Academy, City of Albany, Albany County

Title or theme:Colonial and Post-Colonial Albany Life, interdisciplinary

Sites: Albany Institute and Schuyler Mansion

Grade: 7

Sargent Elementary School, Beacon, Dutchess County

Title or theme: Our River Estuary, interdisciplinary

Sites and partners: Clearwater, DEC, River & Estuaries Center

Grades: kindergarten through 5

Taconic Hills, Craryville, Columbia County

Title or theme: Local History & Culture, interdisciplinary

Sites and partners: Copake Iron Works and Olana

Grade: 4


The following schools Received institute scholarships:
  Franklin D. Roosevelt High School, Hyde Park
  Greenburgh-Graham UFSD, Westchester County
  Saint Dominic's, Rockland County

2004-05 school year

Bethlehem Central Middle School and Glenmont Elementary School, Delmar, Albany County

Theme: Architecture in the Hudson Valley.

Partners: Fisher Center at Bard College, Montgomery Place, Olana, and Schuyler Mansion.

Grades: 8 and 3

URLs: Mrs. Hokanson's Art Classes
Mr. Michalek's pages on the Hudson River

Lewisboro Elementary School, South Salem, Westchester County

Theme: From Barter to Big Business: Economic Development of the Hudson River Valley.

Partners: Lyndhurst and Philipsburg Manor.

Grade: 4

North Salem Middle School, North Salem, Westchester County

Theme: Artistic Expression in the Hudson Valley.

Partners: Dia Beacon, Sunnyside, and Union Church.

Grade: 6

URL: 6th Graders on Union Church

Pequenakonck Elementary School, North Salem, Putnam/Westchester counties

Theme: Westchester County in the American Revolution: Using Primary Documents.

Partners: Westchester Archives & Records, local historical societies, Miller House, and others.

Grade: 4

URL: Archives visit

The Randolph School, Wappingers Falls, Dutchess County

Theme: Celebrating Local River Culture.

Partners: Beacon Sloop Club, Bowdoin Park, Clearwater, Hudson Fisheries Trust, Mill Street Loft, Reese Park, and Wappinger Historical Society.

Grades: K-9

The River School, Nyack, Rockland County

Theme: Rocky and Land’s Hudson River Adventure.

Partners: Historical Society of Rockland County and Hudson River Museum.

Grade: Kindergarten

The following schools that received grants in 2003 received continuation grants in 2004:

  • Catskill Elementary, Greene County, Local History and Culture, grades 2, 3, 5, and 6.
  • Horizons-on-the-Hudson, Newburgh, Orange County, History Adventure Project: Navigating the Millennia, grades 4, 5, and 6.
  • Hyde Park Central School District, Dutchess County, The Roosevelts, grades 2, 4, and 7.
  • Poughkeepsie Day School, Dutchess County, Shawangunk Ridge Study: Exploring Life in the Mountains, grades 1 and 2.

2003-04 school year

Catskill Elementary School, Catskill

Theme: the region’s ecology, culture, and history.

Partners: Bronck Museum (Greene County Historical Society), Catskill Point (Cornell Cooperative Extension), Cohotate Preserve (Greene County Soil and Water), Olana, Pathfinder Farms, RamsHorn-Livingston Sanctuary (NY Audubon), and Thomas Cole House (National Park Service).

Grades: K-6

Claremont Elementary School, Ossining

Theme: The River, the Road, the Aqueduct.

Partner sites: Ossining Historical Society Museum, Rockefeller State Park Preserve, Westchester County Archives, and Westchester Historical Society.

Grade: 4

Horizons-on-the-Hudson Magnet School, Newburgh

Theme: Newburgh History Adventure Project: Navigating the New Millennia.

Partners: Washington’s Headquarters, Crawford House, and Gomez Mill House.

Grades: 3, 4, and 5

Hyde Park Central School District, Hyde Park

Theme: Develop existing field trips into more complete curriculum units on the life and times of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.

Partners: FDR Home, Library, and Museum, Top Cottage, and Val-Kill.

Grades: 2, 4, and 8

Thomas Jefferson Elementary, Yorktown Heights

Theme: Experiencing the Institution of Slavery in New York’s Hudson River Valley.

Partners: Philipsburg Manor (Historic Hudson Valley) and Peekskill Underground Railroad and Tunnel.

Grade: 5

Poughkeepsie Day School, Poughkeepsie

Theme: Life Along the Hudson River: Exploring Its Nature and Culture.

Partners: Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum, and Sloop Clearwater.

Grades: 1 and 2

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.