The following books and websites were recommended to participants in the Gotham Fellows Program:

Books

New York City History (Adult):
Blackmar, Elizabeth and Roy Rosenzweig. The Park and the People: A History of Central Park. NY: Cornell University Press, 1992.

Burrows, Edwin G., & Wallace, Mike. Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. NY: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Hillstrom, Kevin & Hillstrom, Laurie Collier. Baker, Lawrence W., Ed. American Civil War: Primary Sources. Detroit: U.X.L, 2000

Homberger, Eric. The Historical Atlas of NYC: 400 Years. NY: Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 1994.

Landreth, Sarah, Ed. Historic Houses in New York City Parks. NY: Historic House Trust, 2003.

Mushabac, Jane, & Wigan, Angela. A Short and Remarkable History of NYC. NY: Fordham University Press, 1999.

New York City History (Children):
Friedman, Russell. Immigrant Kids. NY: Scholastic, Inc., 1992.

Hopkinson, Deborah. Shutting Out the Sky. NY: Scholastic, Inc., 2003.

Marcus, Leonard S. Storied City: A Children's Book Walking Tour Guide to New York City. NY: Dutton Children's Books, 2003.

Other Suggestions
Hawke, David Freeman. Everyday Life in Early America. NY: Harper & Row (Perennial Library), 1989.

Hoose, Phillip. We Were There, Too! Young People in U.S. History. NY: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2001.

Katz, William Loren. Black Pioneers: An Untold Story. New York: Atheneum, 1999.

Native American Perspectives. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2001.

Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk. The Iroquois. NY: Holiday House, 1995.

Schmittroth, Linda. Baker, Laurence W. & McConnell, Stacy A., Eds., American Revolution: Primary Sources. Detroit: U.X.L, 2000.

Wilbur, C. Keith. The Woodland Indians. Guilford, CT: The Globe Pequot Press, 1995.

Websites

American Memory Project of the Library of Congress:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

Big Apple History, From NY to Town (for kids):
http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/index-flash.html

Brooklyn Daily Eagle online
http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org

Discovery Channel:
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/history/hista.html

The Five Points Site:
http://r2.gsa.gov/fivept/fphome.htm

The Gotham Center:
http://www.gothamcenter.org

History Matters:
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/

The National Archives for Records and Administration "Educators and Students":
http://www.archives.gov/education/

The New York Historical Society American Revolution Project:
http://amrevonline.org/museum/main_page.cgi?rm=intro

The New York Historical Society Seneca Village Project:
http://www.nyhistory.org/seneca/

The New York Public Library Digital Collections:
http://www.nypl.org/digital/digitalcoll_allcollections.htm

Teacher Manuals and Curriculum Guides:

Brooklyn Historical Society. Gateway to the City.

Eberhart, Francis, Ed. Community as a Classroom: A Teacher's Manual. Historic Districts Council, 2001.

Edinger, Monica & Stephanie Fins. Far Away and Long Ago: Young Historians in the Classroom. ME: Stenhouse Publishers, 1998.

Edinger, Monica. Seeking History: Teaching with Primary Sources in Grades 4- 6. NH: Heinemann, 2000.

Hakim, Joy. A History of US, vol 1-12. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.

Levstik, Linda S., & Barton, Keith C. Doing History: Investigating with Children in Elementary and Middle Schools. NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001.

The New-York Historical Society & the Board of Education of the City of NY, NYC 100. America Begins in New York: The Peopling of New York A Teachers' Resource Manual on Immigration. NY: 2000.

Rogovin, Paula. The research Workshop: Bringing the World into Your Classroom. NH: Heinemann, 2001.

Sita, Lisa M. Objects Tell Stories: Henry Luce Center Teaching Guide. NY: New- York Historical Society, 2000.