TEACHING NATIONAL HISTORY THROUGH NYC:

Teacher Generated Lesson and Unit Ideas

Units of Study/Field-test Editions:
Middle school teachers in the Gotham Fellows Program worked collaboratively to develop units of study for citywide dissemination. The following units were generated by the participating teachers and are now being field-tested in their schools.

The Nation in Conflict
 A New Nation Develops and Expands: Jefferson, the War of 1812 and the Industrial Revolution
• The Road to Civil War
• New York City in American Wars (from Revolution to Vietnam)
• Civil War: Life During Wartime

The Struggle for Rights and Citizenship
• Women's Suffrage
• Baseball: A Mirror for America
Antebellum New York
 The New Negro: A Study of the Rebirth of African American Culture in the Early 1900's

Change/Urbanization/Industrialization
 Life in the New Nation
• Immigrant Children
in 19th Century NYC
• Immigration and Industrialization
• The Erie Canal

The following curricular materials were also generated during the Gotham Fellows Program. The materials have been compiled but otherwise generally appear here as submitted. Make sure to check facts and materials before use.
 Industrialization in the 19th Century
• Post Civil War New York City
• Women in World War II
• Women in Wars
• The U.S. Constitution
• The North and the South in the 1800s
• African Americans in the early 20th century

Unit Outlines with Sample Lessons/Field-Test Editions:
The following sample lessons were generated during the NYC and the Nation Spring Institute 2006. The lessons are attached to outlines for units of study.

• The American Revolution
• The Erie Canal
• Industrialization in New York City
• Slavery and Freedom in New York City
• Planning Early New York City
• Slavery in New York
• The Civil War

 

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