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To assist classroom teachers, school administrators, museum educators, and other
education professionals,
we have compiled the Gotham
Education k-12 Resource Directory. Here you will
find a listing of arts organizations, museums, websites, and other NYC history-related
institutions, to peruse. Feel free to browse.
The African Burial Ground Project (OPEI)
6 World Trade Center, Room 239
New York, NY 10048
212.432.5707
NYABG@worldnet.att.net
We provide historical slide presentations, African Burial Group Landmark Site
tours, documentary film viewings and gallery tours. We have a classroom and study
guide for educators looking to prepare their classes for either a slide
presentation or site tour. WE also have an African Burial Ground brochure, which
gives a project overview. Last, but not least, we have an educational packet
which has several articles written on the burial ground, area maps, magazine
articles detailing the African historical presence, and a copy of our newsletter,
Update.
The American Place Theater
111 West 46th Street
New York, NY 10036
212.840.2960 (phone)
edu@americanplacetheatre.org
Brooklyn Expedition
c/o Brooklyn Children's Museum
145 Brooklyn Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
718.735.4427
dsherman@brooklynkids.org
www.brooklynexpedition.org
The Brooklyn Expedition (www.brooklynexpedition.org) is a discovery-based web
site featuring the objects, exhibits, educational materials and collections from
the Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn Museum of Art and Brooklyn Public
Library. The site is arranged thematically including three themes: Latin America,
Structures, and Brooklyn.
Center for Thanatology Research & Education, Inc.
391 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
718.858.3026
rhalporn@pipeline.com
www.Thanatology.org
The Center is a small press and library on death and bereavement, including
gravestone studies. We sell all publishers' books on these subjects for children
and adults. Among ours are: Lessons From the Dead, The Cemetery as Classroom, A
Guide to Cemeteries in New York City, and pamphlets on gravestone rubbings,
burial sites of famous African Americans, and others. The Director was honored by
the Borough President for "her research and preservation of historic cemeteries
throughout Brooklyn."
City Parks Foundation
Urban Forest & Education Program
1234 Fifth Avenue, Room 232
New York, NY 10029
212.360.2747
www.madisonsquarepark.org
In partnership with Target Corporation, City Parks Foundation will introduce
young New Yorkers to Madison Square Park and its compelling history. The
overarching goal of the program will be to help these students view Madison
Square Pare as a living primary source worth exploring and preserving. Since
students learn best when concepts are connected to real-world experiences, the
program's central component will be a field trip to Madison Square Park. During
these trips, students will explore landmarks, and artifacts, while also having an
opportunity to meet with local historians and park experts.
Clarion Books
A Houghton Mifflin Company Imprint
215 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10003
212.420.5883
Publishing company with books for children and young adults readers. Many of the
titles feature historic and social studies themes. Featured in the book guide is
award-winning author, Russell Freedman. Among his book titles are Children of the
Wild West, Cowboys of the Wild West and Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade
Against Child Labor.
Conservancy for Historic Battery Park
120 Broadway
New York, NY 10004
212.835.2751
thebattery.org
The Conservancy for Historic Battery Park works to restore the waterfront park as
a hub of access to New York Harbor, and to renew the spirit of the Castle at the
Battery as a center for the heritage-tourism and cultural programs.
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
2 East 91st Street
New York, NY 10128
212.849.8388
hamptmo@ch.si.edu
Seymour B. Durst Collection
Old York Library of the Graduate Center of the City University
365 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10016
212.817.7241
mjebt@gc.cuny.edu
www.oldyorklibrary.org
The Seymour B. Durst Old York Library documents the political, social, commercial
and economic development of the City of New York, with particular emphasis on the
19th century. The collection includes books, rare reports with extensive maps,
early NYC newspapers, original photographs, postcards, playbills, pamphlets,
periodicals, ephemera and a wealth of visual materials. The library services a
wide range of users and makes its holdings known through its Web site.
El Museo del Barrio
1230 Fifth Avenue @ 104th Street
New York, NY 10029
212.831.7272
agarcia@elmuseo.org
www.elmuseo.org
El Museo's education department is committed to providing community youth with
positive and alternative learning experiences in the museum. The Education
Department coordinated programs re-enforce concepts of visual and perceptual
development, while offering dynamic, object based learning experience. The
department offers guided tours of current exhibitions to groups K-12, college
students and adults. Our hands-on workshops explore current exhibition themes and
media. El Museo offers Teacher-as-investigator workshops, allowing teachers to
discover a rich trove of art and ways to incorporate resource materials into
classroom subject areas. The classroom Connections Program uses El Museo as an
alternative learning environment to reinforce school curriculum.
High Rock Park Environmental Education Center - Staten Island Greenbelt
200 Nevada Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10306
718.667.7475
nyc.gov/parks
Outdoor education programs offered year round to students grades Pre-K - 12.,
families and adults. Hands-on investigative learning compliments New York State
teaching standards in science, social studies and language arts. Summer Day Camp,
Mini camp for toddlers, Adult Fine Art Programs, Teaching Training Workshops for
all grade level teachers.
Historic Districts Council
232 East 11th Street
New York, NY 10010
212.614.9107
www.hdc.org
Historic Hudson Valley Society
914.631.8200 ext. 633
www.hudsonvalley.org
Historic Hudson Valley is a network of historic sites along the Hudson. We have
produced a Teacher's Guide to Understanding Slavery in the North and at
Philipsburg Manor.
LaGuardia and Wagner Archives
La Guardia Community College/CUNY
31-10 Thomson Avenue, Room e-238
Long Island City, NY 11101
718.482.5065
gqjlg@cunyvm.cuny.edu
www.laguardiawagnerarchives.lagcc.cuny.edu
The La Guardia and Wagner Archives annually produces a 4th grade curriculum guide
introducing students to local history and primary source documents. We serve the
public schools in the outer boroughs of New York City. Our booklets include
documents from our collections and other local area repositories and museums.
Lessons and exercises accompany these lessons. We are currently making these
available also via the Web. This year's edition The Erie Canal: New York's Water
Highway, is available on our Web site: www.laguardiawagnerarchive.lagcc.cuny.edu
follow link "4th grade curriculum."
Learning By Design -- A Program of the New York Foundation for Architecture, Inc.
467 10th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
718.768.3365
cteegarden@earthlink.net
Learning By Design:NY is a unique built environment education program of the New
York Foundation for Architecture, an affiliate of the American Institute of
Architects New York Chapter. Learning By Design: NY offers hands-on-workshops for
K-12 students and teachers that integrate architecture and design into the K-12
curriculum; after-school, evening and weekend workshops for children and adults;
training for designers interested in teaching; public lectures and an annual
exhibit of student work.
Lefferts Homestead
Prospect Park, Flatbush Avenue at Empire Boulevard
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Mailing Address: Litchfield Villa 95, Prospect Park West, NYC Department of Parks
and Recreation
Brooklyn, NY 11215
718.789.2822 (Homestead) 718.965.8953 (Litchfield)
The Living City - Program in the History & Ethics of Public Health & Medicine
Division of Sociomedical Sciences -- Columbia University
722 West 168th Street 9th Floor
Old Pl New York, NY 10032
212.305.1724
alf4@columbia.edu
www.livingcity.hs.columbia.edu
The Living City is a digital library initiative intended to capture the
experience of life, health, and urban transformation during the five decades
after the end of the Civil War. The New York City Department of Health Annual
Reports represent the spine of this publicly accessible collection intended for a
wide variety of users.
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
66 Allen Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10002
212.431.0233 x 214
MTAUBKIN@tenement.org
www.tenement.org
Our Education programs comply with the State Learning Standards for Social
Studies. Students discover how the Museum used documents, material culture,
archaeology and oral histories to reconstruct the lives of its Landmark
tenement's former residents. Issues such as family, assimilation, cultural
identity, and community are discussed through the study of immigration.
Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10029
212.534.1672 x250
rforloney@mcny
www.mcny.org
The MCNY's Department of learning offers educational programs for the general
public, teachers and students of all ages. The exhibitions host guided tours,
gallery talks, and a variety of family programs. Walking tours, concerts, teacher
workshops, panel discussions and our signature Gotham Readers, Distinguished
speakers and New York City history Day are also offered.
The Museum of Television and Radio
25 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
212.621.6664
sphillips@mtr.org
www.mtr.org
The Museum of Television & Radio Education Department uses the collection in
partnership with schools and other educational institutions to raise and explore
key themes and issues that have shaped the twentieth century as well as to
develop and refine our audience's critical thinking and viewing skills. While the
medium is television or radio, the subject may be advertising, science fiction,
the changing role of women, political campaigns, global economy, and many other
subjects. Many classes are appropriate for visitors of all ages, and most can be
tailored to complement a group's particular interest and experience.
National Maritime Historical Society
5 John Walsh Boulevard
P.O. Box 68
Peekskill, NY 10566
914.737.7878
NMHS@SEAHISTORY.org
www.seahistory.org
The National Maritime Historical Society is a non-profit organization with the
mission of promoting America's maritime heritage. Headquartered in Peekskill, the
NMHS has been a leader in promoting the maritime heritage of the Hudson Valley.
Among our numerous maritime programs is our on-going History-at-Sea education
program. Our national magazine Sea History, often includes articles promoting the
maritime history of the Hudson Valley and the New York region.
New York Council for the Humanities
150 Broadway, Suite 1700
New York, NY 10038
212.233.1131 x24
pkay@nyhumanities.org
New York Daily News Newspaper in Education
125 Theodore Conrad Drive
Jersey City, NJ 07305
212.681.3377
mnichols@nydailynews.dom
Through professional development in the application of NIE curriculum materials
such as the weekly "Big Town Chronicles" page, the Daily News NIE brings hands-on
learning to the social studies classroom using the newspaper as a "living"
educational tool and primary source.
New York City Department of Records & Information Services, the Municipal Archives
31 Chambers Street, Room 103
New York, NY 10007
212.788.8629
lgidlun@dorislan.ci.nyc.ny.us
nyc.gov/html.doris
The Municipal Archives preserves and makes available the historical records
created by the government of the City of New York. The records include manuscript
materials, photographs, moving images, sound recordings, architectural records,
maps and libers. The Archives has significant records relevant to the City's
infrastructure, such as, parks, bridges, streets, and buildings. The records of
the mayor's office date back to the year, 1849. Birth records prior to 1910,
death records prior to 1949, and marriage records prior to 1938 are also
available for research at the Archives. All of the records are vital for the
study of the City's past as well as our national heritage because of the City's
influence in American cultural and financial history. Reference Room open Monday
to Thursday, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm, Friday, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm.
The New-York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street
New York, NY 10024
212.873.3400
www.nyhistory.org
Noble Maritime Collection
1000 Richmond Terrace
Staten Island, NY 10301
718.447.6490
www.noblemaritime.org
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (RM) The New York Public Library
515 Malcolm X Boulevard (at 135th Street and Lenox Avenue)
New York, NY 10037
212.491.2200
www.nypl.org
Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford-Stuyvesant History
1698 Bergen Street (Buffalo and Rochester Avenue)
Brooklyn, NY
718.756.5250
Once a thriving 19th century African-American settlement, the Weeksville site
presently consists of four framed cottages that date from 1840 through 1883. The
site is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is a New York City
Landmark. Founded in1968 and chartered 1971, the Weeksville Society is dedicated
to the research, preservation and interpretation of the African-American
experience -- particularly in Central Brooklyn. Today, the Weeksville Society
serves more than 3,500 youngsters in schools and at the New York City landmark
Hunterfly Road Historic Houses district of Weeksville. In addition, tourists from
all over the world have visited this historic site.
South Street Seaport Museum
207 Front Street
New York, NY 10038
212.748.8753
hilary_eddy@hotmail.com
Our educational mission at the South Street Seaport Museum is to offer a broad
range of formal and informal programs in schools, in our galleries, and on the
water. The education programs provide access to our collection of historic ships
and artifacts, the South Street Seaport Historic District, lower Manhattan, and
the sweep of New York Harbor.
WNET- Channel 13
450 West 33rd Street
New York, NY 10001
212.560.3519
czajka@thirteen.org
www.thirteen.org/wnetschool/ntti
Thirteen/WNET's National Teacher Training Institute (NTTI) is a nationwide
professional development initiative to teach teachers to utilize public
television programming, the Internet, and emerging technologies in their
classrooms. Founded in 1989, and headquartered at Thirteen, public television's
flagship station, NTTI has trained over 135,000 teachers at over 25 public
television stations across the country.
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