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Heritage Square and NY State Standards.pdf

Links:

1. New York State Education Department: Learning Standards
   This site lists the New York State Learning Standards
   http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/standards.html
   
   

2. New York State Education Department – Standards for Social Studies
   This site lists the New York State Learning Standards for Social Studies
   http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/cores.html#SOCIALSTUDIES
   
   

3. NY State Education Dept. website:
   Reading, ‘Riting, ‘Rithmetic is a reenactment program used in the 4th Grade as an integral part of the local history study. The children prepare for, and actually participate in a pioneer school day. The children will develop an appreciation for the child of the 19th century by actually “walking in their shoes.” The children will begin to view history not as a text of famous events and people, but a story of ordinary people like themselves.
   http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/socst/pub/sslearnexp1.pdf
   
   

4. New York State History Day Project
   National History Day, a year-long educational program sponsored in New York State by the New York State Historical Association, encourages students to explore local, state, national, and world history. After selecting a historical topic that relates to an annual theme, students conduct extensive research by using libraries, archives, museums, and oral history interviews. They analyze and interpret their findings, draw conclusions about their topics' significance in history, and create final projects that present their work. These projects can be entered into a series of competitions, from the local to the national level, where they are evaluated by professional historians and educators.
   www.nyshistoryday.org
   
   

5. Library of Congress: Teachers
   Ready-to-use materials that bring the Library’s primary sources into the classroom.
   http://www.loc.gov/teachers/
   
   

6. Library of Congress: Teacher's Guides and Analysis Tools
   Primary sources are the raw materials of history — original documents and objects     which were created at the time under study. They are different from secondary sources, accounts or interpretations of events created by someone without firsthand experience.
   Examining primary sources gives students a powerful sense of history and the complexity of the past. Helping students analyze primary sources can also guide them toward higher-order thinking and better critical thinking and analysis skills.
   http://www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarysources/guides.html
   
   

7. National Archives and Records: Teaching with Documents:
   Lesson Plans and Primary source analysis tools and work sheets
   http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons
   
   

8. Document Based Questions (DBQ):  http://www.edteck.com/dbq/testing/dbq.htm
   
   
   

9. Using Primary Sources
   
   

10. Sample lesson for primary sources – coins
    
    

11. Primary source analysis worksheets
    
    

12. Teaching with objects in the classroom http://www.tenement.org/education_lessonplans.html
    
    

13. Teaching with historic places - http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/

Extension / enrichment ideas:

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1. Transportation 
   

2. Inventors / Inventions 
   

3. Recreation 
   

4. Schools then and now – one room school house, typical day, how to set one up in your classroom http://www.mahoninghistory.org/PDF%20Files/old-fashioned%20school%20day.pdf 
   

5. Work and pay 
   

6. Immigration 
   

7. Architecture   

The Basics

1. Visit the museum at your convenience, prior to your school tour. Contact Alayna DeSanto or any board member for more information.  
   

2. Check Heritage Square Museum website for information and activities.
   

3. Utilize information from the Heritage Square Museum’s website to prepare a mini-unit of study for students.
   

4. Arrange a tour – contact Alayna DeSanto (589-9884)
   

5. Organize students into nine (9) groups to prepare for tour.  Each group will have a guide that will take them to the first building.  Thereafter, the groups will move from building to building at the sound of a school bell and greeting by a new guide at the next building.
   

6. Share the map of the museum grounds with your chaperones prior to arrival. 
   

7. Prepare students for proper clothing attire for weather forecast for the day.  The buildings are not heated. 
   

8. Restrooms are in the train station and the red barn.
   

9. Check the Heritage Square Museum’s website for post visit activities and other enrichment lessons.