Teaching the Hudson Valley Blog http://www.teachingthehudsonvalley.org Sun, 19 May 2013 21:04:17 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.teachingthehudsonvalley.org/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.teachingthehudsonvalley.org Teaching the Hudson Valley Blog http://www.teachingthehudsonvalley.org/Blog/Blog/West-Point.html Heather's essay received a top middle school score in THV's Writing About Place (http://www.teachingthehudsonvalley.org/Grants/Grants/STUDENT-CONTEST.html) contest. See a complete list of winners here (http://www.teachingthehudsonvalley.org/Blog/Blog/-Writing-about-Place-Winners.html) or see previous posts for more essays and poems. Heather is a seventh grader... Sun, 05 May 2013 18:00:00 +0100 http://www.teachingthehudsonvalley.org/Blog/Blog/Interpreting-teaching-northern-slavery.html Friday, May 10,10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Historic Huguenot Street (http://huguenotstreet.org/), New Paltz. Workshop for those interested in interpreting or teaching about northern slavery and its legacies. Register now (http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=yz65ircab&oeidk=a07e7cgmfqr75d295bd). Read more (http://www.teachingthehudsonvalley.org/NEW-Summer-Institute/NEW-Summer-Institute/Interpreting-Slavery.html). Saturday, May 11, 5-6:30 p.m., Putnam History... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:53:22 +0100 http://www.teachingthehudsonvalley.org/Blog/Blog/7-Resources-for-Place-based-Math.html When I think about place-based learning I often go straight to social studies, science, or art where local angles are pretty self-evident. Math? That feels like more of a stretch.But based on the activities and lessons teachers and site staff... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:00:00 +0100 http://www.teachingthehudsonvalley.org/Blog/Blog/Students-Poems-Evoke-the-Valley.html This is another in our series of writing by K-12 students who entered our annual Writing About Place contest. Tristan and Diego received the second and third highest elementary school scores. See the complete list (http://www.teachingthehudsonvalley.org/Blog/Blog/-Writing-about-Place-Winners.html). Minnewaska the MajesticBy Tristan... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:53:04 +0100 http://www.teachingthehudsonvalley.org/Blog/Blog/3-Ways-to-Stimulate-Curiosity.html Everything I read goes through the place-based learning filter. Why? Because every day with Teaching the Hudson Valley I see how place-based learning solves real educational problems, including stimulating curiosity. In the blog post From the Brilliant Report: How to... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:00:00 +0100