Teaching The Hudson Valley

LESSON PLANS BY UNIT

Unearthing the Hudson Valley: A 400 Year Story Through Archeology
Ask an Archeologist, Lesson 1 Students learn about the work of archeologists by interacting with local professionals at their school. This lesson is part of a unit that studies th...
Getting Dirty with Archeology, Lesson 2 Students learn one way archeologists can gather information about the age of artifacts and how they describe and observe soils so that they may make c...
Crailo State Historic Site, Place Based Learning Experience Students visit Crailo State Historic Site in Rensselaer, NY to study 17th and 18th century Dutch history in the upper Hudson Valley. They examine obje...
Piecing Together Information About Artifacts, Lesson 3 Students use a variety of available resources (paintings, experts, and museum exhibits) to make hypotheses about artifact reproductions. This lesson i...
Albany Heritage Area Visitors Center, Place Based Learning Experience Students visit Albany Heritage Area Visitors Center in Albany, NY to study the history and culture of the people who inhabited the Hudson River Valley...
Putting the Pieces Together, Lesson 4 Students learn how archeologists can obtain information about an artifact by examining a piece of it. This lesson is part of a unit that studies the h...
What Can a Piece of an Artifact Tell Us? Lesson 5 Students use printed materials to make hypotheses about artifacts. This lesson is part of a unit that studies the history and culture of the Hudson ...