Historic Hudson River: The Westchester Experience

Date: July 24, 2006 - July 27, 2006

Location: Westchester, NY along the Hudson
Contact Hours: 30hrs.
Cost $175 (includes four lunches and one dinner)
Cut-Off Date: June 15, 2006

July 24
The River (9:00 am – 7:00 pm)

 

  • 9:00 Hudson River Museum
    Hudson River Riverama
    Hudson River Museum Tour
  • 12:30 Kevin Clifford, Foxfire School, Yonkers, “The Hudson River and the Classroom”
  • 1:30 Beczak Environmental Center
    Estuary Model program (indoors)
    Cuckoo for Copepods program (indoors)
    The River in My Backyard seining program (outdoors)
  • 5:30 Commodore Yonkers Paddling and Rowing Club (on the river)

 

July 25
The Dutch (9:00 am – 6:00 pm)

 

  • 9:00 Philipse Manor Hall: tour and curriculum workshop
  • 12:30 Chris Riccardi, District Archaeologist, United States Army Corps of Engineers, “Finding the Dutch in NewYork”
  • 1:30 Philipse Manor Hall Walking Tour
  • 3:00 Bus Tour

 

July 26
Enslaved African Experience in Colonial America (1750) (9:00 am – 5:00 pm)

 

  • 9:00 Philipsburg Manor: site tour and talk
    Food and Agriculture in Colonial Times
    Colonial Artifacts and Documents
    Classroom Application Workshop
  • 3:00 River Cruise with River Keeper

 

July 27
Great Estates (9:00 am – 2:30 pm)

 

  • 9:00 Sunnyside: site tour and curriculum workshops
  • 12:00 Lunch at Lyndhurst
  • 1:00 Lyndhurst: site tour
    Time Line workshop
    What’s Your Problem? Inventions That Changed Our Lives
    Wrap Up

 

For further information contact Dr. Peter Feinman at the Institute of History, Archaeology, and Education at 914-939-9071 or email us at: contact@ihare.org