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:
Life in the New Nation
(1778-1805)
July 18 - 22, 2011
Join a group of teachers at Van Cortlandt Manor
this summer with materials and site fees paid by the Living History
Education Foundation (LHEF) *
This hands-on course explores daily life in the 18th Century. It will help
to invigorate the teaching of Local and U.S. History. Van Cortlandt Manor
in Croton, NY will be the learning center for this course.
This course has been developed with the Regents Goals and Standards for
elementary and secondary teachers. Participants will work with interpretive
experts
at Historic Van Cortlandt Manor. “What people did all day” and
the role of slaves will be the focus within the context of the New Nation.
The many activities include in-depth study of: “the Manor”, 18th
century medicine, clothing, fragrances, herbs, open hearth cooking, blacksmithing,
textile, games music and dance. Teachers will prepare and enjoy an 18th century
dinner using original Van Cortlandt Family recipes. Appropriate document
based questions, maps and related materials will be studied.
Course
Objectives:
The course has been developed with the Regent
Goals and Standards for elementary and secondary teachers.
Participants will work
with interpretive experts at Historic Van Cortlandt Manor. “What
people did all day” and the role of Slaves will be the
focus within the context of the New Nation. The many activities
include in-depth, tour of the Manor, 18th Century Medicine,
Clothing, Fragrances, Herbs, Open Hearth Cooking, Blacksmithing,
Textile, Games, Music and Dance. The teachers will prepare
and enjoy an 18th Century dinner using original Van Cortlandt
Family recipes. Appropriate document based questions, maps
and related materials will be studied.
Learning Standards for Social Studies at 3 Levels
Standard 1 - History of the United States and New York. A special
look at the new 8th grade social studies state evaluation.
Standard 2 - World History –Revolutionary
and New Nation Site
Standard 3 - Geography – Hudson Valley
and Croton River
Standard 4 - Economics – 18th Century Trade
Standard 5 - -Civics and Citizenship and Slavery
Requirements and
Percentage of Grade
1. Attendance and participation
in all activities: Mandatory
2. Read one book or three articles and submit a brief critique:
15%
3. Keep a reflective journal for all five days: 20%
4. Prepare a Living History Project Plan: 20%
5. Create and interest center to “spark student interest” in
their own
classroom. This “center” might include clothing,
artifacts, videos,
music, books, photographs, maps, documents, etc.: 45%
Teachers Will Be Able To:
1. Develop lesson plans with a Living History approach
2. Conduct some staff development, i.e. use of “Living
History Kit”
3. Utilize DBQ’s of the Colonial & revolutionary era
4. Choose classroom material (interest center)
5. Create a Living History Experience with their students
6. See future opportunities for professional growth through the
Living History Education Foundation and their own approach to study.
Tentative Daily Schedule:
9 AM to 5.30PM Daily
Monday
A.) Extensive Van Cortlandt Manor
Tour, – House,
Outbuilding,
Tavern and Ferry Crossing
B.) Slavery in New York – The Afro-American experience slave
as well as free.
Tuesday
A.) 18th Century Medicines and Fragrances
B.) 18th Century Clothing and Textiles
Wednesday
A.) Open Hearth Cooking – recipes
and skills
B.) Blacksmithing
Thursday
A.) Games, Music and Dance
Friday
A.) 18th Century Banquet Preparation,
Social Classes
and Mobility
B.) Maps, Surveys and Journals
C.) Evaluation
Target Audience:
Regular Education, Art, Music,
Technology, and
Special Education Teachers,
Grades K-12
Presenter:
Joseph J. Ryan,
Blue Mountain MS (retired)
Living History Veteran
LHEF President
Dates/Times:
5 days
Monday, 18 July 2011to
Friday, 22 July 2011
8.30AM to 5.30PM daily
Location:
Van Cortlandt Manor
500 South Riverside Avenue
Croton On Hudson, NY 10520
(914) 271-8981
www.hudsonvalley.org
Credit Options:
3 In-service
credit (45 hours) based on district policy
Graduate credits will not be available for this course.
Teacher Center:
The
Hudson River Teacher Center.
914-248-2345
Fee:
$300 payable to PNW BOCES Registration is required by
July 1, 2011. This course is offered through a collaboration
with The
Hudson River Teacher Center, The Living History Education Foundation,
and PNW BOCES.
Reading List:
Lust, John The Herb Book (1974)
Parkinson, John A Garden of Pleasant Flowers (1629)
Rhode, Eleanor Sinclair Rose Recipes from Olden Times (1973)
Tusser, Thomas Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry (1573)
Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher, A Midwife's Tale (1990)
Wesley, John Primitive Physik or Primitive Remedies (1747)
Textiles:
Androsko, Rita J. Natural Dyes and Home Dying (1971)
Berniss, Eliah The Dyer's Companion 1815 (1973)
Channing, Marion L. The Magic of Spinning (1979)
J & R Bronson Utica, NY The Domestic Manufacturer's Assistant
and Family Directory in the Arts of Weaving and Dying (1817)
Edmonds, Mary Joene Samplers and Sampler Markers (1991)
Hochberg, Bette Handspinners's Handbook, Straw into Gold (1976)
Kreuger, Glee Old Sturbridge Village Booklet Series
New England Samplers to 1840 (1978)
Merrimack Valley Textile Museum, Mass Homespun to Factory-Made: Woolen
Textiles in America 1776 - 1876 (1980)
Merrimack Valley Textile Museum, Mass Linen Making in New England 1640 - 1860
(1980)
Montgomery, Florence M Textiles in America 1650 - 1870 (1984)
The Practical Shepherd A Complete Treasure on the Breeding, Management and Diseases
of Sheep (1864)
Ring, Betty American Needlework Treasures (1987)
Ring, Betty Girlhood Embroidery, Vols, I and II (1993)
Swan, Susan Burrows Plain and Fancy American Women and Their Needlework 1700
- 1850 (1977)
Whiting, Gertrude Old-time Tools and Toys of Needlework (1971)
Medicines, Fragrances & Herbs:
Culpeper Culpeper's Complete Herbal (1649)
Fettner, Ann Tucker Potpourri (1977)
Gerard, John The Herbal or General History of Plants (1597)
The herbal "bible"
King, Lester S. The Medical World of the Eighteenth Century
(1971)
Additions and Generic Works:
Kammen, Michael Colonial New York: A History. New York: Oxford
University Press, 1975
Kim, Sung Bok Landlord and Tenant in Colonial New York.
Chapel Hill: NC Press, 1978
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.
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