Teaching The Hudson Valley

LESSON PLANS BY UNIT

Industry of the 19th Century
Copake Iron Works Visit Overview Each lesson in this unit includes maps, primary source documents, photographs, and artifacts that help students learn the natural resources found in t...
Copake Iron Works Pre-Site Visit In this lesson Students will engage in three hands-on activities (time permitting) to re-enact the collision of the tectonic plates causing the land t...
Copake Iron Works Site Visit Station #1 This is the first of three stations that can be completed while on the site visit to Copake Iron Works. In this station, students will walk along a tr...
Copake Iron Works Site Visit Station #2 This is the second of three stations that can be completed while on the site visit to Copake Iron Works. In this station, students will participate in...
Copake Iron Works Site Visit Station #3 This is the third and final station to be completed while on the site visit to Copake Iron Works. At this station, students will visit the blast furna...
Copake Iron Works, Post-Visit Lesson, Sustainable Forestry and Water Conservation Students engage in hands-on activities to calculate the amount of fresh water available on Earth, and play a game simulating society's use of renewal ...