Building Community with Place-Based Learning #THV2017 | July 25-27 | Overall schedule*
Tuesday, July 25 9-10:30, Welcome, Opening activity & talk Gina Dellante, High school ELA teacher, Newburgh Free Academy North, NECSD 10:30-10:45
Break
10:45-12:15
Workshops Hands (& Feet) on Learning: The NY Giant Traveling Map, Nordica Holochuck, NY Sea Grant; Susan Hoskins, Cornell Institute for Resource Information Sciences “I had no idea that happened here:” Strategies for Exploring Your Amazing Hometown, Pat Sexton and Peter Muste, founders, Education Network for Teachers & Artists Service Learning at Historic Sites, Kayla Altland, NPS and students
12:15-1:15
Lunch
1:15-2:45
Workshops Climate Change & Sea Level Rise, Margie Turrin, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory & Libby Zemaitis, Hudson River Estuary Program, DEC Teaching a People’s History of the New Deal, Adam Sanchez, social studies teacher, Harvest Collegiate High School, New York City Teaching Tough Topics (part 1) Laura Garcia, Orange County YWCA; Christine McCartney & Ginny McCurdy, Newburgh Free Academy, and Kathy Wurster, Washingtonville HS
2:45-3:00
Break
3:00
Workshops (End times vary. Please note.) Bringing the New Deal to a New Generation, brief orientation followed by self-guided tour, FDR Presidential Library & Museum (Choose your end time.) Out of Washington’s Shadow: Creating an African-American History Tour of Newburgh, Colin Morris, professor of history, and Tashae Smith, recent graduate, Manhattanville College (Ends at 4 p.m.) Planning & Paying for Student Field Experiences, BOCES representatives TBA; Susan Carver, Connect Kids, NYS Parks; Debi Duke, THV; and Natashea Winters, community engagement, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (Formal presentation ends at 4 p.m.) Teaching Tough Topics (Part 2. Ends at 4:30 p.m.)
* Schedule is subject to change.
Wednesday, July 26 – We do not meet in Hyde Park. Choose one of four field experiences described on the web site. Thursday, July 27 9:00-10:30
Workshops Safe Schools for All: Transgender & Gender Nonconforming Students, Hudson Valley chapter GLSEN (part 1) Improving Passage for Floods & Fish in Our Streams, Rebecca Houser, Megan Lung, Andrew Meyer, Hudson River Estuary Program, NYS DEC History Comics Club: Connecting Students to their Heritage One Panel at a Time, Emily Robinson and Susan Boudreau, Clermont SHS
10:30-10:45
Break
10:45-12:15
Workshops Mapping out your Community: How water resources connect us, Robin Sanchez, NYC Dept. of Environmental Protection The River that Flows Both Ways: A Listening/Writing Workshop Exploring Hudson Lore &Your Story, Jonathan Kruk, master storyteller Safe Schools for All (part 2)
12:15-1:15
Lunch
1:15-2:30
Workshops Votes for Women! Inspiring Involvement with the History of Women’s Rights, Alethea Mouzakes, senior, Shenendehowa HS; and Ashley Hopkins-Benton, senior historian/social history curator; Stephanie Miller, youth services director; and Kathryn Weller, education director, New York State Museum Opening More Closets at Val-Kill: A Discussion Regarding LGBTQ Heritage, Frank Futral, curator, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, National Park Service Historic Bridges of the Hudson Valley, Kathy Burke, former teacher and director of the NYS Bridge Authority’s museum
2:30-2:45
Break
2:45-4:15
A Sculptor’s Rain Garden: Honoring the Enslaved Africans of Philipse Manor Hall through the Arts featuring Vinnie Bagwell, sculptor and writer, and Ty Gray-EL, storyteller
[email protected] | 845-229-9116, ext. 2035 | www.TeachingtheHudsonValley.org THV is a program of the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area and Greenway Conservancy | Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, National Park Service | Hudson River Estuary Program, NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation | Hudson River Valley Institute at Marist College Additional institute sponsors FDR Presidential Library, National Archives & Records Administration | Roosevelt-Vanderbilt Historical Association
