Description
When did sheep inhabit
The state of
Goals
The goals and objectives of this fieldtrip are to: (a)
become familiar with the history of the state of
Research
(Source: the World Book Encyclopedia web site)
According
to the World Book Encyclopedia, “
About
a third of all the battles of the Revolutionary War in
Today,
“
(http://www.aolsvc.worldbook.aol.com/wbol/wbAuth/jsp/wbArticle.jsp)
Lesson Plans:
1)
Go to the Learning Adventures in Citizenship website
(http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/laic/index.html). From time to
time, the links on the web site do not work. Either skip the question below or
the page you’ve been directed to and go on. When navigating a site, you may
want to use your forward and back arrows, or click on the icon (link) buttons.
The back arrow is the best way to get from a particular screen back to the main
screen.
2) Click on “Explore the Learning Adventures.” Than, click
on Episode 1 (1609-1825) to start off on your virtual fieldtrip. Be sure to click on all underlined red words
for further information.
3) Click on “The History: An Overview” to discover what
was going on in
4) You can either click on the seven individual objects in
the Captain’s study to learn about them, or scroll down the screen and click on
Topic 1, Topic 2, etc. Use your back arrow to get back to the Episode page
after you’ve read about all seven topics. Be
sure to click on all underlined red words for further information.
5) Click on Episode 2 (1825-1863).
6)
Click on “The History: An Overview” to discover what was going on in
7) You can either click on nine individual objects in the
newsroom to learn about them, or scroll down the screen and click on Topic 1,
Topic 2, etc. Use your back arrow to get back to the Episode page after you’ve
read about all nine topics. Be sure to
click on all underlined red words for further information.
8)
Click on Episode 3 (1865-1898).
9)
Click on “The History: An Overview” to discover what was going on in
10)
Click on either the seven individual objects in the photography salon to learn
about them, or scroll down the screen and click on Topic 1, Topic 2, etc. Use
your back arrow to get back to the Episode page after you’ve read about all
seven topics.
11)
Click on Episode 4 (1898-1914).
12)
Click on “The History: An Overview” to discover what was going on in
13)
Click on either the nine individual film reels in the closet to learn about
them, or scroll down the screen and click on Topic 1, Topic 2, etc. Use your
back arrow to get back to the Episode page after you’ve read about all nine
topics.
14)
Click on Episode 5 (1914-1931).
15)
Click on “The History: An Overview” to discover what was going on in
16)
Click on either the six individual billboards in
17)
Click on Episode 6 (1931-1940).
18)
Click on “The History: An Overview” to discover what was going on in
18)
Click on either the five individual posters on the wall to learn about them, or
scroll down the screen and click on Topic 1, Topic 2, etc. Use your back arrow
to get back to the Episode page after you’ve read about all five topics.
19)
Click on Episode 7 (1940-present).
20)
Click on “The History: An Overview” to discover what was going on in
21)
Click on either the five individual pictures on the wall to learn about them,
or scroll down the screen and click on Topic 1, Topic 2, etc. Use your back
arrow to get back to the Episode page after you’ve read about all five topics.
22)
While not part of this fieldtrip, you may want to explore the activities that
go with each topic.
Grades
K-3
1) Who helped to organize
2) Who was John Russwurm?
3) What was wampum?
4) What was behind Walt Disney’s inspiration to create Disney World?
5) Why did the colonists believe that the British government had no right to tax them? What did they do to protest?
6) Why were Irish immigrants leaving
7) What was Henry Hudson hoping to discover on his voyages?
8) How did
9) Was Peter Stuyvesant a good director-general of
10) Where did the Revolutionary War begin?
Grades
4-8
1) Who did Olmsted and Vaux believe a park (
2) Why does the Statue of Liberty point east?
3) What year did World War II start? What was the first country invaded?
4) How did Dutch merchants benefit from Henry Hudson’s
voyage to the
5)
What kind of contract came with the
6)
Who renamed
7) What was the goal of the Prohibition Party?
8) What could the Dutch West India Company of the 1600’s be compared to today? Was it more or less successful?
9) What was the fate of Henry Hudson and his son?
10) Who built the wall for which Wall Street is named?
Highschool
1) What did F. Scott Fitzgerald dub the 1920’s? Why?
2) Why was the
3)
Why was Breuckelen (modern day
4) Why was the Harlem Renaissance an important cultural movement?
5) What did the 18th Amendment of the Constitution state?
6) What was the purpose of
7) What was
8) What did Abraham Lincoln say in his Cooper Union speech about slavery that won New Yorkers over?
9) What did
10) What was the period in
* In 1920, the 18th Amendment was added to the
Constitution banning liquor from being sold, drunk, or transported in the
* Read the following historical novels based in
* Buy a blank journal and start a state trivia journal. As
you’ve noticed during the fieldtrip,
*
Time for vocabulary! Define the following words: fraud, campaign,
daguerreotype, petition, symbolism, condensed, syndicated, feminist, immigrant,
and emigrant.
* Grab the popcorn and let’s watch a movie! “Split Infinity” is about a modern-day girl who finds herself transported to the days before the Depression. While coping with the problems of the time, she learns some valuable lesson along the way. (“Split Infinity” is distributed by Feature Films for Families.)
* Pick an interesting time period in
*