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Recommended Reading
Resources for TeachersBrookhiser, Richard. Alexander Hamilton, American (New York: Touchstone, 2000)Burrows, Edwin G., and Wallace, Mike. Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 (New York: Oxford...
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Student Historian Program
Student Historian Program “Through this internship, I learned to research more efficiently, think outside the box for creative projects, and voice my opinions in group discussions.”– Marcia White, 2012...
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Camp Programs
Turn Your Campers Into History Detectives! E/M Discover New York City through the DiMenna Children's History Museum and meet the children who lived here from the late-seventeenth through the twentieth...
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Grade-Wide Social Studies Enrichment
Invite us into your classroom and we will engage your students in close observation and rigorous analysis using artifacts, images, maps and documents from the New York Historical Society’s amazing...
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Art of History
The Art of History is a unique classroom-based program combining social studies content with visual arts learning. This five-session mini-residency teachers American history, art history, and art...
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Curriculum Library
Explore all the New-York Historical Society-created curriculum materials, which align with New York State Learning Standards and contain lesson plans and primary sources (documents, photos, maps and...
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Teacher Workshop Calendar
TEACHER WORKSHOP CALENDARExpand your content knowledge and enrich your use of primary sources in the classroom through our interactive programs for teachers!Participation in all programs is applicable...
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The Armory Atelier: A Special Opportunity for High School Art Students
The Armory Atelier: A Special Opportunity for High School Students“This is a wonderful experience that gives you free reign over your ideas and artwork, expanding your artistic vocabulary and teaching...
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NEH Summer Institute for School Teachers
NEH Summer Institute for School Teachers at the New-York Historical Society Summer 2014: Race and Politics in the American Civil WarPlease note that this program will not be offered in Summer 2015, but...
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Scope and Approach
We invite you to apply to participate in our exciting, rigorous two-week summer institute for school teachers “Race and Politics in the American Civil War.” We will convene 30 educators, nine renowned...
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Project Directors
Harold Holzer, the lead scholar on the Institute, is one of the country's leading authorities on Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the Civil War era. A prolific writer and lecturer, Holzer...
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Institute Faculty
Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, specializes in the Civil War and Reconstruction, slavery, and 19th-century America. He is one of only two people to serve as...
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Schedule and Assignments
Disclaimer: Schedule is subject to changeThe Institute will run for two weeks, from July 13-25, 2014, at the New-York Historical Society. On the evening of Sunday, July 13, we will begin with a welcome...
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ELIGIBILITY These projects are designed principally for full-time and part-time classroom teachers and librarians in public, charter, independent, and religiously affiliated schools, as well as home...
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Academic Resources
As the only important museum in New York during the Civil War, the New-York Historical Society became the natural home for objects, images, works of art, documents, manuscripts, and more pertaining to...
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Housing, Stipend, and Credit
Summer Scholars will be housed in suite style dormitories in Plimpton Hall at Barnard College Columbia University on Amsterdam Avenue at 121st Street. Each suite has five single bedrooms with a...
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Contact Us
Please direct all questions to:Mia Nagawiecki Project Director 212-485-9236mia.nagawiecki@nyhistory.org“Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily...
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Teen Leadership Internship Programs
Teen Leadership Internship Program“An advantage of the Teen Leader Program is its focus on a group assignment. I have become a better group participant and realized that being a leader does not only...
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