Education
Discover dynamic education programs and curriculum resources about the history of our city, state, and nation.
Lesson Bundles | In Depth Enrichment | À la Carte
Lesson Bundles
Each of these short series takes students on a deep dive of American history topics or eras.
History of Activism (3rd–5th grade)
- Activism in the American Revolution
- Nueva York and Activism in Latin America
- Underground Railroad and Black Liberation
- Activism in the Civil War
- Student Activism
Westward Expansion (4th–5th grade)
- Opening the American West
- Manifest Destiny
- On Indian Removal
- Chinese Exclusion and the Gold Rush
- Closing the West and the Transcontinental Railroad
Exploring Black History (2nd–5th grade)
- Black History through Objects
- Images of Black History
- Mapping Black History
- Documenting Black History
- Harlem Renaissance
Diverse People of New York (K–1st grade)
- New York’s First People
- Meet a Family from the 1790s
- Meet a Family from the 1860s
- Meet a Family from the 1940s
- Meet a Family from the 1980s
Transportation (K–4th grade)
- Transportation Then & Now
- The Erie Canal
- Building the Subway
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In-Depth Enrichment
This nine session series delivers lessons to your students once a month, tracking with the NYC Scope and Sequence.
Kindergarten:
- Objects Then and Now
- Schools Then and Now
- Portraits Then and Now
- Clothing Then and Now
- Play Then and Now
- Jobs Then and Now
- Cooking Then & Now
- Transportation Then and Now
- New York City Then and Now
1st Grade:
- Meet a Family from the 1790s
- New York City in the 1790s
- Meet a Family from the 1860s
- New York City in the 1860s
- Meet a Family from the 1940s
- New York City in the 1940s
- Meet a Family from the 1980s
- New York City in the 1980s
- NYC Then & Now
2nd Grade:
- Learning History with Objects
- Learning History with Images
- Learning History with Maps
- Rural or Urban
- Mannahatta
- Colonial New York
- Erie Canal
- Immigrant City
- Building the subway
3rd Grade:
- Objects Tell Stories
- Urban Archaeology
- Learning to Read Images
- Learning History with Images
- Learning to Read a Map
- Learning History with Maps
- Learning to Read a Document
- Learning History with Documents
- World’s Fair
4th Grade:
- New York’s First People
- Life in New Amsterdam
- Life in British New York
- Slavery in New York
- The American Revolution in New York
- New York, New Nation
- New York Divided—The Civil War
- Immigration
- Chinese Exclusion
5th grade
- The Geography of New York
- The Age of Exploration
- Cultural Encounters
- New Amsterdam/New York
- The French and Indian War
- Revolution!
- Nueva York
- Westward Ho!
- Industrialization
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À la Carte Lessons
Any of the following lessons can be purchased individually or grouped together to form your own personalized lesson series.
Skill Building
- Learning History with Objects
- Learning to Read Images
- Learning History with Images
- Learning to Read Documents
- Learning History with Documents
- Learning to Read a Map
- Learning History with Maps
- Urban Archaeology
Then & Now
- New York City Then & Now
- School Then & Now
- Jobs Then & Now
- Transportation Then & Now
- Clothing Then & Now
- Cooking Then & Now
- Toys Then & Now
- Jobs Then & Now
Colonies to Revolution
- New York’s First People
- Life in New Amsterdam
- Life in British New York
- Pictures of a New Nation
- Slavery in New York
- The American Revolution in New York
Expanding a Nation
- New York, New Nation
- Pictures of a New Nation
- The Erie Canal
- Westward Expansion
- New York Divided: The Civil War
- Immigration in New York
- Chinese Exclusion/Inclusion
- Harlem Renaissance
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