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Please Note: All classes, unless otherwise noted, are limited to 22 participants.

Please keep in mind that courses are subject to change due to availaiblity of sites and number of intrested participants. We reserve the right to change or cancel a course at any time.

If you have any questions about one of our courses, please Call
Joe Ryan or Barbara Neff at the Foundation at 914.739.0136.

You can also email the Foundation at livinghistory@optonline.net

Living History:
Defending the Hudson Valley
April 9 - 10, 2011

Course Description: Come experience life in the Hudson Valley
during theRevolutionary War. Participants will dress in period costumes including uniforms and muskets. To be included are visits
to nearby Fort Montgomery, Fort Clinton, Stony Point, and West
Point. Participants will be able to develop site visits and lesson
plans incorporating NYS standards.

Course Objectives: The course is a reality approach to the study of Defending the Hudson Valley in the Revolution. Utilizing the latest learning style (NYSUT – Live Event Learning) participants will immerse themselves in the American War for Independence. This course will apply the social studies, English Language Arts, and character based Standards using documents and experiential
learning techniques (Living History). The emphases are not only on content but cross-curriculum applications. Not only elementary and secondary regular classroom teachers will find the course useful but music, technology, and special education teachers as well.

Location:
Fort Montgomery State Historical Site

Teacher Center:
The Hudson River Teacher Center

Schedule:
Saturday 9 April: 8AM to 6PM
Sunday 10 April: 8AM to 1PM
There is no overnight requirement for this class.

Learning Standards at three (3) levels
Standard 1: History of the United States and New York
Standard 2: World History – Revolutionary War
Standard 3: Geography – New York, Connecticut
Standard 4: Economic – “not worth a continental”
Standard 5: Civic and Citizenship

Teachers will be able to:
1. Develop lessons plans to implement Living History techniques
2. Relate their experiences to their students
3. Develop plans to utilize local historic sites

Course Requirements:
Attendance and participation in all activities
Read and critique An Object of Great Importance by
Christopher Di Pasquale (a copy will be given to each participant)
Develop a lesson plan on Living History

Fee:
$150 Lunch will be provided in a collegial setting.
Registration is required by March 25, 2011. This program is offered
through a collaboration of the Living History Education Foundation,
The Hudson River Teacher Center and PNW BOCES

Bibliography
Required reading
Private Yankee Doodle by Joseph Plumb Martin, Acorn Press, 1962.

Saratoga Campaign by Colonel John Elting.
March to Saratoga by Harrison Bird, Oxford Press, 1963.
American Rebels - Personal Narratives of the American Revolution.
Edited by Richard M. Dorson, Pantheon Press, 1953.
Real Life American Revolution by Stan Marks, Avon Books, 1994.
The Tide Turns by Donald Burr Chidsey, Crown Publications, 1966. Scholastic Book Service, 1975.
Moving On USA - history resource packet - SUNY, 1976.
Historic Places of the American Revolution - NPS, US Government, 1975.
Landmarks of the Revolution in New York State by David C. Thurheimer,
NYS Department of Commerce, 1976.
The Black Minority in Early New York by David Kobrin, NYS Ed., 1975.
Twin Forts of the Popolapen by Carr & Koke - Palisades Park Commission,
1937.
Longhouse Diplomacy and Frontier Warfare by William T. Hogan - NYS Ed, 1976.
The Spirit of'76 by Carl Becker-NYS Ed. Dept., 1971.
West Point and the Hudson Highlands in the American Revolution by Col. John H. Bradley, West Point Press, 1976.
The Spirit of Seventy-Six by Commager & Morris, Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1958.
Revolutionary War Medicine 1700-1800 by Keith Wilbur, Globe Pequot Press, 1983.
Picture Book of the Continental Soldier by Keith Wilbur, Stockpole Books, 1969.
Revolutionary War Manuscripts in the New York State Library editor Stefan Bielinski, NYS Ed., 1976.
An Object of Great Importance by Christopher Di Pasquale, Publish American 2007
The Book of the Continental Soldier by Harold Peterson, Promontory Press, 1968.
The American Revolution: Three Views by Kristol, Diamond, Nutter, American Brands, Inc., 1975.
Finest Bibliography
New York in the American Revolution - A Bibliography by Milton M. Klein, NYS American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, 1974.

All materials and supplies will be funded by the Living History Education Foundation www.livinghistoryed.org

*The LHEF is funded through grants made possible by NYS Parks, former Governor Pataki’s Administration, Entergy Corp, and Malcolm Gordon Charitable Trust/Open Space Institute.