Teaching The Hudson Valley

LESSON PLANS BY UNIT

I See Freedom
Introduction ~ I See Freedom Unit/Fishkill Standard Newspaper Articles The "I See Freedom" curricula is based on the words written in the 1829 through 1868 journals of freedman, James F. Brown. The lesson plans in this un...
Hudson River Transportation & Industry in the mid-19th century This lesson will explore the many different modes of transportation used on the Hudson River during the mid-19th Century, and how these forms of trans...
Library Information Literacy/Technology Students will learn about primary documents, specifically diaries/journals, and their value when studying history. They will then compare what they kn...
Growing Vegetables: Seasons of Eating In groups of four, students will be given four cards, each with a photo of a different vegetable planted by James F. Brown in the garden at Mount Guli...
Using Math to Investigate Weather Patterns Students will create graphs to allow interpretation of precipitation data. Students will draw valid conclusions regarding climatic conditions in their...
Life After Freedom Students will review what they know about slavery, Henry Clay and Uncle Tom's Cabin. Students will read excerpts from the journal of James F. Brown an...
African American Spirituals of the 1800s During two class periods, students learn the history of African American spiritual music, perform it, and begin to understand that historical context ...
James, Is That You? Art will serve as a vehicle to bring the freed slave James F. Brown to life. Prior to the art lesson, students will have read articles about James F. ...
Drum and Spoken Word Component Percussionist/Teaching Artist Jeff Haynes will begin working with students after they have been to Mount Gulian and have started working on their rela...