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

Location: Olana and Thomas Cole House in Hudson and Catskill, NY
Contact Hrs. 15hrs.
Cost: $125 (includes two lunches and one reception)
Cut-Off date: June 15, 2006

Participants will have the opportunity to walk the lands the Hudson River artists walked, stand where they stood when they painted, and experience a summer sunset over the magnificent Hudson River. The weekend program includes walks, talks, and tours, content and curriculum presentations, and a chance to reveal your inner artist.

July 21 Olana, Hudson (7:00 pm – 8:30 pm)

 

• 7:00-7:30 Welcome, Overview, and Introductions

• 7:30-8:30 Plenary Address: Bob Toole, Landscape Architects, “Kindred Spirits: The Souls of Olana and Cedar Grove” (Visitor Center)

• 8:30-9:00 Sunset Reception

 

July 22
Thomas Cole House (Cedar Grove), Catskill (9:00 am – 5:30 pm)

 

• 9:00 Studio and House Tour

• 10:00 Grave Site Walk

• 11:00 Grounds and Farm Walk

• 11:30 Classroom Application

• 12:00 Lunch

• 1:00-5:30 Hudson River School Art Trail Bus tour including Catskill Point, Catskill Creek View, North-South Lake

• 6:00 Optional Dinner at Tatiana’s Steakhouse in Catskill

 

July, 23
Olana, Hudson (9:00 am – 4:00 pm)

 

• 9:00-9:15 Dr. Peter Feinman, Institute of History, Archaeology, and Education

• 9:15-10:15 Evelyn Trebilcock, Olana Curator, “Frederic Church and the Hudson River School”

• 10:15-10:30 Questions & Break

• 10:30-10:50 Hudson River Art Video

• 11:00-12:00 Olana Exterior Tour and Presentation

• 12:00-1:00 Lunch

• 1:00-2:00 Cultural Landscape Tour

• 2:00-2:30 Education Initiatives at Olana

• 2:30-3:30 Artist Presentation and Sketching Workshop.

• 3:30-4:00 Program 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

Location: Various sites in Westchester along the Aqueduct Contact Hours: 15
Cost: $75
Cut off Date: June 15, 2006

This program involves daily walks along the Croton Aqueduct in Westchester County during the afternoon. The walks are comparatively level. Please wear comfortable walking shoes and bring water.

 

• MONDAY, JULY 17: CROTON FREE LIBRARY
  MORNING: Lecture on New York City water system (1600-2006) including the Old (1842) and New Croton Dams (1906)
  AFTERNOON: Visit Old and New Croton Dams. Walk on Old Croton Aqueduct trailway for two miles.

• TUESDAY, JULY 18: CROTON FREE LIBRARY
  MORNING: Lecture covering Old Croton Aqueduct section from Croton-on-Hudson to Ossining.
  AFTERNOON: Walk to Double Arch, Weir Chamber and Caputo Museum and see Up The River, Down The River.

• WEDNESDAY, JULY 19: WARNER PUBLIC LIBRARY, SLEEPY HOLLOW
  MORNING: Lecture covering Old Croton Aqueduct section from Ossining to Sleepy Hollow.
  AFTERNOON: Walk from Village of Ossining to Sleepy Hollow High School.

• THURSDAY, JULY 20: WARNER PUBLIC LIBRARY, SLEEPY HOLLOW
  MORNING: Lecture covering Old Croton Aqueduct section from Sleepy Hollow to Dobbs Ferry.
  AFTERNOON: Walk from Village of Sleepy Hollow to Village of Dobbs Ferry.

• FRIDAY, JULY 21: DOBBS FERRY PUBLIC LIBRARY
  MORNING: Lecture covering section from Dobbs Ferry to Yonkers and final section across High Bridge down to Central Park and the New York City Library on 42nd Street.
  AFTERNOON: Walk from Village of Dobbs Ferry to Hudson River Museum in the City of Yonkers.

 

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

Location: Hyde Park, NY
Contact Hours: 30hrs.
Cost : $195 (includes four lunches and one dinner)
CUT-OFF DATE: June 17, 2006
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July 17: The Roosevelts: An Historical Perspective (9:00-8:00)

 

• Chris Breiseth, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
  David Woolner, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
  Edna Gurewitsch, “Personal Reminisces”
  Ray Raymond, former British Political Officer, SUNY

• Workshop: online resources

• Springwood Tour: house and related structures

• Top Cottage Tour and dinner

 

July 18: FDR Library, Jeff Urbin, National Archives (9:00-7:00)

 

• Introduction to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, and Presidential Library System Overview

• FDR Museum and Library tour Presidential Library

• Workshop: On-Line Using the Roosevelt Library and Museum in Person and through the Internet

• Sharing Ideas for Improving Document Based Teaching and Meeting the Goals of Curriculum Requirements

• Freedom from Fear Exhibit: private tour

 

July 19: Eleanor (9:00-5:00)

 

• Joyce Ghee (ERVK), “Eleanor Roosevelt, A Hudson Valley Remembrance”

• Franceska Mascali-Urbin (NPS), “Arthurdale”

• Val-Kill house tour

• Val-Kill grounds tour

• Eleanor Roosevelt Trunk curriculum (NPS)

• Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill (ERVK) Girl’s

• Leadership Workshop

 

July 20: Grounds and the Future (9:00-2:30)

 

• Roosevelt the Conservationist

• Roosevelt Tree and Ground Tour

• “Future Plans: The Roosevelt Lands in the 21st Century” Scenic Hudson

 

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

Location: Deerfield, MA
Contact Hours: 15
Cost: $125 (includes two lunches and one dinner)
Cutoff Date: June 15, 2006
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Programs will be held at Historic Deerfield and the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association Memorial Hall Museum (PVMA). Participants will learn first hand about the colonial community about the tragic consequences of intercultural contact. Primary source documents and a workshop in online resources available in the classroom will increase the content knowledge of the participants and enable them to return to the classroom better able to increase the knowledge of their students after this experience.

The Institute has applied to the Connecticut and Massachusetts Departments of Education to be designated an authorized provider for teachers in those states.

July 15 Colonial New England Life (9:00-8:30)

9:00 Welcome and Overview at Historic Deerfield
9:30 Historic Deerfield Orientation Video and Curator talk
10:30 Historic Deerfield Church Walk and Burying Grounds walks
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Historic Deerfield Flynt Center: Early New England
4:00 Historic Deerfield Dwight House Tour
6:00 Dinner at the Deerfield Inn
7:00 Video and First Person Narratives: PVMA
July 16 (9:00-5:00)

9:00 Day in Review
9:15 Historic Deerfield Sheldon House Tour
10:15 Historic Deerfield Archaeology
11:30 Historic Deerfield Williams House Tour
12:30 Lunch at Deerfield Academy Inn
1:30 Memorial Museum: PVMA
2:45 Digital Deerfield: PVMA
4:45 Wrap Up
Lodging has been arranged at Red Roof Inn at the rate of $50/night double occupancy plus tax. For reservations call 800-733-7633 by May 14, 2006.

If there is a Teacherhostel you would like to see created please contact IHARE at contact@ihare.org.

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

Location: Sharon and Kent, CT and Amenia, NY
Contact Hours: 30
Cost: $185 (includes four lunches, one dinner, and Echoes of Iron in Connecticut’s Northwest Corner by Ed Kirby, geologist, teacher, and instructor in this program)
Cutoff Date: June 10, 2006
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Participants will explore the history, industry and industrial archaeology in northwest Connecticut and Dutchess County, New York. Participants will have hands-on opportunity to work as a blacksmith, to make bricks, and to bring back to the classroom their first-hand experience with the Iron Age in this portion of Connecticut and New York. Each day begins and ends at the Sharon Historical Society in Sharon, CT.

Monday, July 10: Introduction to the Iron Heritage Trail (9:00 – 5:00)
9:00 Introduction and Welcome
9:30 “The Iron Industry in Connecticut/New York”
10:45 Teaching the Iron Industry: Hands-on Activities
11:30 “Iron from the Ground Up: The Geology of Iron”
1:30 Walking tour of the Historic Sharon Green
3:00 Blacksmith Demonstration: opportunity for a hands on experience.
Tuesday, July 11: Bus Tour: The Impact of Power (8:30 – 6:00)
9:00 “Making Iron: An Introduction to Forges and Furnaces”
10:00 Beckley Iron Furnace and Museum, North Canaan, CT
12:30 Lime Rock: The Exploration of a Company Town: bus and walking tour
Wednesday, July 12: Bus Tour: Amenia, New York and Kent, CT (9:00-8:00)
9:30 Indian Rock School House, Amenia, NY: Social history, education and daily life between 1852 and 1875
10:45 Walking Tour of Wassaic, New York.
1:00 The Connecticut Mining Museum tour and hands-on brick making activity
2:30 Sloane Stanley Museum Tour
3:15 Historical Walking Tour of Kent
5:00 Seven Hearths, 1754 Historic House Tour
6:00 Dinner at the Fife and Drum
“Industrial Archaeology: Preserving the Monuments of Industry,” by
Victor Rolando, Industrial Archeology Consultant
Thursday, July 13: Transportation and the Future of the Past (9:00-2:30)
9:00 “Moving the Goods: Railroads and The New York to Sharon Canal”
11:00 Curriculum Workshop: Sharon Historical Society k-8 Curriculum Project
12:30 Curriculum Discussion: Forging iron into the curriculum
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

Locations: Fort Ticonderoga and vicinity
Contact Hours and Cost: July 8-9, 10 hours, $60
Contact Hours and Cost: July 10-13, 30 hours, $150
Cutoff Date: June 8, 2006
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Sat. July 8, Battle of Hubbardton 9:00-3:30
Morning: talk and guided tour of the battlefield with craft demonstration
Afternoon: craft, artillery, and tactical demonstrations

Sun. July 9, Battle of Hubbardton 8:00-2:30
Battle recreation Talks on the Northern campaign and life as a re-enactor Battle Skirmish Teacher Workshop at the Visitor Center

Mon. July 10, Fort Ticonderoga

9:00 Historical Overview and Introduction: Education Curator
10:00 Guided Tour
11:15 Restoring Fort Ticonderoga
12:15 Revolutionary War Map Reading: Lunch at Mount Defiance
1:45 Fascine Building
3:30 Camp Cooking/Home Arts (dinner) 7:00 French and Indian War Workshop
Tues. July 11, Fort Ticonderoga

9:00 Primary Source Documents
10:00 Pre- and Post-Visit Curriculum Programs
11:00 19th Century Tourism: Guided Tour
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Women’s History of Fort Ticonderoga: Guided Tour
2:30 Abenaki Life: Presentation by Red Hawk
3:45 Music in the 18th Century
4:30 Wrap up
6:00 Carillon Cruise (narrated)
Wed. July 12

9:00 Crown Point State Historic Site (NY)
Chimney Point State Historic Site (VT)
Lunch
2:00 Lake Champlain Maritime Museum (VT)
Thurs. July 13

9:00 Mount Independence State Historic Site (VT)
Hubbardton Battlefield (VT)
Lodging has been arranged at the Super 8 near Fort Ticonderoga for $45/night double occupancy for Friday and Saturday and $42.50 for Mon-Thursday plus tax.
Call for 518-585-2617 for reservations.

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

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Contact Hours: 30
Cost: $195 (includes 4 lunches and 2 dinners)
Cutoff Date: May 27
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Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the American Revolution in the Hudson Valley in the classrooms of West Point, to visit the sites of the American Revolution, to cruise the Hudson River, and to obtain primary source documents and curriculum for the classroom.

June 27: West Point (9:00-8:30)
“The Origins of the Revolutionary War: Could It Have Been Avoided?”
Ray Raymond, SUNY and US Military Academy, West Point
“The Revolutionary War in a Global Context: Why Did the British Lose and the Americans Win?”
Ray Raymond, SUNY and US Military Academy, West Point
Private bus tour of West Point and Fort Putnam
West Point Museum
Dinner at the Hotel Thayer: with Thom Wermuth, Marist College, “The American Revolution in the Hudson Valley”
June 28: Newburgh (9:00-8:00)
“George Washington as Military Commander” Ray Raymond
Washington’s Headquarters
New Windsor Cantonment
Knox’s Headquarters
Dinner at Torches on the Hudson
“The Ride of Sybil Ludington”, Vin Daquino, author
June 29: Stony Point, Fort Montgomery, Constitution Island
June 30: Beacon and Newburgh (9:00-4:00)
Mount Gulian Living History: The World of the Re-Enactor
Teaching American Revolution Workshop
Hudson River Cruise
Reservations have been made at the Super8, 1287 Route 300, Newburgh at the rate of $36/night double occupancy plus tax. Call 845-564-5700.

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

Spend a day learning about the lives of the Seneca and the Iroquois in beautiful Cooperstown. Take advantage of the opportunity to see the current exhibits on masks and Women in History. Come early and attend the annual baseball conference at the Hall of Fame.

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Seneca Log House (The Farmer’s Museum)
Presentation by Native American Program staff

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Iroquois Bark House (Fenimore Art Museum)
Presentation by Native American Program staff

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Summer Picnic Lunch on the Terrace
Terrace-Fenimore Art Museum Café

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM
Masks exhibition
Women in History exhibition
Guided tours by Museum Educator

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Iroquois Curriculum Workshop
The Fenimore Art And Farmer’s Museums — Cooperstown, NY
Date: June 10, 2006
Registration Cutoff Date: June 1, 2006
Contact Hours: 5
Cost: $50 (includes lunch)

This program may be combined with other IHARE programs
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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