Join us on June 5th!
The N-YHS is offering two full-day sessions that are ideal for history, social studies, literacy, and art teachers.
Preview exhibitions, tour our collections and take home new ideas and materials for your classroom.
GRANT & LEE: Exhibition Preview
9AM -- Breakfast
9:30AM-3:00 PM -- Workshop
Teachers are invited to participate in a full-day preview of the upcoming exhibition Grant and Lee in War and Peace (October 2008). Participants will follow Grant and Lee’s lead historian Kathleen Hulser on a virtual walkthrough of the upcoming exhibition. A panel discussion with Dr. Hulser and historian James McElhinney will explore the following themes: the military careers of Generals Grant and Lee and a cast of West Point graduates, including William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip Sheridan, George Custer, Jubal Early, Abner Doubleday and James Longstreet; the shifting role of the US military through westward expansion, the Civil War and Reconstruction; Grant’s pioneering use of federal power for civil rights and post-war reconstruction; the power of the “Lost Cause” myth and its grip on American history. Teachers will preview plans for student and teacher programs to accompany Grant and Lee, and will tour the N-YHS library collections and the Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture.

TURNING LOOKING INTO SEEING: An Introduction to Visual Literacy for Teachers
8:30AM -- Breakfast
9AM-3:00 PM -- Workshop
Lead by professional artist and educator Michelle Temares, this workshop will show teachers how to capture their students' interest, and build and deepen their understanding, by teaching visually. Teachers will learn new ways to use visually based primary source documents to engage their students, improve their grasp of history, and help them make connections between the past and the world today.This workshop will provide teachers with a replicable model that can be put to immediate use in the classroom. Participants will discuss modifications for specific learners and content areas; teachers also will be given quick and easy methods for locating exciting visual source material for all grade levels.
REGISTRATION
A registration fee of $25 includes continental breakfast and curriculum materials. Full payment, via credit card or personal check, or a DOE Purchase Order must be received in advance of the session. Space is limited and advance registration is required.


Register using Ed-Net, N-YHS’s online registration system available at www.nyhistory.org/education. If you have questions or need more information, please call 212-485-9293 or email schoolprograms@nyhistory.org.

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