Greater Capital Region Teacherhostel

Location: Albany, Cohoes, Troy, Waterford
Contact Hours: 50
Cutoff Date: June 7, 2009
Cost: $375
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Celebrate the Quadricentennial in the Greater Capital Region of the Empire State. Immerse yourself in an interdisciplinary program covering the art, history, literature, and ecology of the region. Tour the homes, walk the grounds, see the exhibits, meet the curators, take home the curriculum material and ideas to energize your classes and stimulate minds. The program covers from Dutch settlement to the Erie Canal to the Underground Railroad to the Rockefeller years including behind the scene tours of museum labs, and sunset walks in the ravines of a cemetery. Experience every time period in the state standards all in one small region.

TUESDAY, JULY 7 – ALBANY (9:00-8:00)
9:00 Shaker Heritage Society
11:00 Albany Institute of History and Art
“There Is No Place Like Home: Integrating Local History into the K-12 Curriculum” – Kristi Fragnoli – College of St. Rose
1:00 Exhibit Tour: Quadricentennial
2:15 Behind the Scenes Tour
3:30 Document Workshop
5:00 Trolley to Albany Rural Cemetery
5:30 Dinner at Albany Rural Cemetery
6:00 Albany Rural Cemetery Trolley Tour
8:00 Trolley to Albany Institute of History

WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 – ALBANY (9:00-8:00)
Rockefeller Institute, SUNY 411 State Street
9:00 “NewYork State Government” – Bob Ward, Rockefeller Institute and Maryanne Malecki, Education Director, WAMC
10:45 The Youth Media Project: Student Town Meeting – Maryanne Malecki Empire State Plaza
1:00 Politics of NYS Art, 1950’s-1960’s, Talk and tour – Jennifer Warner, NYS Office of General Services, Curatorial/Tour Services
2:00 NYS Capitol Tour – Stuart Lehman, NYS Office of General Services, Curatorial/Tour Services
4:00 Ten Broeck Mansion: Tour
5:00 Albany Underground Railroad tour: Paul and Mary Liz Stewart, Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region
5:45 Dinner: Ten Broeck Mansion
6:45 “Albany Underground Railroad” – Paul and Mary Liz Stewart

THURSDAY, JULY 9 – TROY AND COHOES (9:00-7:30)
9:00 “The History of Troy Overview” – P. Tom Carroll – Burden Iron Works Museum, Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway
10:30 Troy walking tour
1:00 Harmony Mills and Erie Canal Walking Tour, Cohoes
4:00 The Kate Mullany House – Paul Cole – American Labor Studies Center
5:15 Oakwood Rural Cemetery

FRIDAY JULY 10 – WATERFORD (9:00- 8:00)
9:00 Van Schaik House tour
10:30 Waterford Historical Museum and Cultural Center Museum and Towpath walk
1:15 Peebles Island Resource Center, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Bureau of Historic Sites: archaeology/ painting/fabrics
3:30 Erie Canal Heritage Corridor
“The Erie Canal” – Craig Williams, New York State Museum
Erie Canal Heritage Corridor Exhibits
Erie Canal Boat Exhibit
6:00 Canal cruise and dinner, Erie-Champlain Canal Boat Company

SATURDAY JULY 11 – ALBANY (9:00-3:30)
9:00 Historic Cherry Hill
1:00 Schuyler Mansion New York State Historic Site
2:30 Fort Crailo New York State Historic Site

This program can be combined with other IHARE programs for teachers who require a certificate with a different multiple of hours.

For further information contact IHARE at 914-939-9071 or email us at: contact@ihare.org

The Hudson River Teacherhostel™: The Westchester Experience

Date: July 13-17, 2009
Location: Sleepy Hollow to Hastings-on Hudson
Contact Hours: 45
Cutoff Date: June 13, 2009
Cost: $395 (includes five lunches and four dinners)
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Experience the Hudson River from colonial times to the present. Meet the authors, scholars, and curators who preserve its legacy and tell its story. Learn about the Dutch, slavery, Washington Irving, Hudson River art, the Gilded Age, and the Rockefellers. See how the ecology changed over the centuries and learn about the plans and ideas for the future. Debate the challenges of the new construction. The program combines art, archaeology, ecology, history, literature and provides a testament to the efforts of small rivertowns to maintain their heritage and identity into the 21st century.

Monday, July 13, Hastings-on-Hudson
9:00 Welcome and Introductions: Peter Feinman, IHARE, Hastings-on-Hudson Library
10:00 “The American Revolution: The Hastings-on-Hudson Story,” James Keaney
10:30 “The Hasting’s Waterfront,” Stuart Cadenhead, Friends of Hasting’s Historic Waterfront
12:00 Lunch: Center Diner Museum in the Street walk
1:30 Newington-Cropsey House: “Hudson River Art,” and gallery tour
2:30 Newington-Cropsey House Tour
3:15 Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society, Barbara Thompson, former President
4:15 Croton Aqueduct walk, Carl Oeschner
6:00 Diner: Harvest on Hudson [tentative]
7:30 Hudson Valley Ruins: Forgotten Landmarks of an American Landscape” Rob Yasinsac, Hastings-on-Hudson Library

Tuesday, July 14, Dobbs Ferry
9:00 Masters School
10:00 Estherwood House
11:15 Dobbs Ferry Historical Society
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Croton Aqueduct Guided Walk: Hastings north, Mavis Cain, President, Friends of the Croton Aqueduct
2:45 Croton Aqueduct: Overseer’s Cottage, Mavis Cain
4:30 “The American Revolution in Dobbs Ferry, An Overlooked Story,” Rich Borkow, Dobbs Ferry Historian, Dobbs Ferry Library
6:00 Dinner: Half Moon [tentative]
7:30 “Tales from the Croton Watershed: The Struggle for Clean Water,” Pat Houser, Columbia University, Dobbs Ferry Library

Wednesday, July 15, Tarrytown/Irvington
9 :00 Tarrytown Walking Tour, Sara Mascia, Tarrytown Historical Society
10:30 Lyndhurst
Meet in Carriage House for video
Distribution of Objects
Mansion Tour
Overview of education Programs
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Sunnyside: House and Grounds tour
3:00 Irvington Historical Society: House Tour, Andy Lyons, President,
3:30 Irvington Walking Tour: Croton Aqueduct, Betsy Wilson, former President
4:00 Irvington Historical Society: bus tour
6:00 Dinner: Red Hat on the River [tentative]
7:30 “Washington Irving,” Henry Steiner, Sleepy Hollow Historian, Irvington Library

Thursday, July 16, Sleepy Hollow
9:00 Tarrytown Lighthouse, Richard Miller, Tarrytown Historian
Hudson River Swim, Dennis Chilemmi, Executive Director, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
10:15 Philipsburg Manor  “Slavery in the Hudson River Valley,”Michael Lord
12:15 Lunch: Mint Cafe
1:15 Rock the Boat Puppets
1:30 Philipsburg Manor Tour: House, Grist Mill, Activity Center, Boat Building, Fence Building, Cow Milking
3:30 Old Dutch Burial Ground, Dave Logan, Friends of the Old Dutch Burial Ground
4:15 Old Dutch Burial Ground and Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Tour
5:00 “Riverfront Life in the 21st Century,” Kendal-on-Hudson
5:30 Dinner: Kendal on Hudson
7:00 “The African Experience in the Hudson Valley,” Fred Opie, Marist College

Friday, July 17 Sleepy Hollow/Pocantico Hills
9:00 Rockefeller Archives Tour, Ken Rose, Associate Director of Research and Education, Rockefeller Archive Center
11:00 Union Church Tour
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Stone Barns Center Tour
3:00 Wrap Up

For further information contact IHARE at 914-939-9071 or email us at: contact@ihare.org

The Hudson River Valley: The Rockefeller Teacherhostel™
Location: The Pocantico Conference Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Tarrytown
Contact Hours: 20
Cutoff Date: June 17, 2009
Cost: $495 [includes all meals and lodging at the Conference Center]
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Spend a weekend in the Pocantico Historic Area, located in the heart of the Rockefeller family estate, learning about the Rockefeller family and their concern for historic and environmental preservation in the Hudson River Valley. Through a variety of philanthropic traditions and organizations, the Rockefellers have expressed their vision on how to achieve these twin objectives. Participants will hear from the people responsible for maintaining the legacy of the family as well as scholars, political leaders, and education people who work to maintain the legacy of the historic Hudson Valley. Now is the chance to do more than simply visit Kykuit, it is a chance to experience it while addressing critical issues in the world of education.

The Historic Area has been a property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation since 1979, when it was willed to the National Trust by Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller. The Conference Center includes John D. Rockefeller’s home, Kykuit; the surrounding gardens and sculpture gardens and collections; and the Coach Barn (Conference Center). The Pocantico Conference Center is maintained and administered by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, a private foundation, which operates the site as an extension of its grantmaking activities under an agreement with the National Trust.

Friday: The Pocantico Conference Center
5:00 Arrival
5:30 Kykuit Tour
7:30 Dinner
8:30 The Rockefeller Legacy: Through the Lens of Art– Cynthia Altman, Curator, Kykuit

Saturday
Morning: The Pocantico Conference Center
7:45 Breakfast
9:00 Welcome and Introductions
9:15 The Rockefellers: How They Made the Money and How They Have Kept It -.
Peter Johnson, Senior Associate, Rockefeller Family and Associates
10:15 The Rockefeller Legacy – Ken Rose, Associate Director of Research and Education, Rockefeller Archive Center
11:15 From Charity to Philanthropy: “The Problem of Our Age Is the Proper Administration of Wealth” – Jim Smith, Vice President and Director of Research and Education, Rockefeller Archive Center
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Saving the Palisades: Palisades Interstate Park, Roger Panetta, Fordham University
2:30 Hudson Valley Ruins: Forgotten Landmarks of an American Landscape– Rob Yasinsac, author
3:30 Making Local History Matter: An Education Perspective, Jo Ann Larson, Associate in Social Studies Education, New York State Education Department
Making Local History Matter: A State Perspective, State Assemblyman John McEneny
Preserving the Historic Hudson Valley, Congressman Maurice Hinchey invited
5:30 Reception: Kykuit Terrace
6:30 Dinner
8:00 Tales of the Historic Hudson Valley, Jonathan Kruk, storyteller

Sunday
7:45 Breakfast
9:00 Rip Van Winkle’s Riverfront: A Case Study –Phil Zegarelli, former mayor Sleepy Hollow
10:00 The Hudson: America’s River – Fran Dunwell, author,
11:00 Planting the Seeds of a Sustainable Life: The School Garden At Pocantico Center– Ginny LoBosco, NYS BOCES Consultant
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Preserving the Environment – Alix Schnee, Preserve Manager, Rockefeller State Park Preserve
2:00 Rockefeller Preserve State Park Tour– Alix Schnee

For further information contact IHARE at 914-939-9071 or email us at: contact@ihare.org

Mid-Hudson Quadricentennial Teacherhostel™
Location: Poughkeepsie, Hyde Park, Beacon, Fishkill, East Fishkill
Contact Hours: 45
Cutoff Date: June 15, 2009
Cost: $295 (includes five lunches and two dinners)
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Celebrate the heritage of the Hudson River Valley in Dutchess County during the Quadricentennial. This Teacherhostel™ is built around the annual Teaching Hudson Valley Conference and is designed to provide you the best of both worlds. For three days the participants will be immersed in the history of three communities in the region: Poughkeepsie, Beacon, and Fishkill/East Fishkill. For two days the participants will be part of the Teaching Hudson Valley conference at the Wallace Conference Center, Hyde Park and on field trips. Although the details of those two days are not available at this time, participants can be assured of a program of 45 contact hours.

Monday, July 27, Poughkeepsie
9:00 Welcome and overview: Peter Feinman, IHARE
The Poughkeepsie Story: George Lukacs, Poughkeepsie City Historian
10:00 Locust Grove House Tour
11:15 Locust Grove Walking Tour
12:30 Lunch with Locust Grove Education Curator
2:00 Maple Grove Tour
3:00 Springside Landscape Restoration Tour
4:30 Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery Trolley Tour
6:30 Dinner: Grand View on the Hudson/Grand View Restaurant
7:30 Poughkeepsie: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, Nancy Cozean, former Mayor

Tuesday, July 28: Teaching Hudson Valley Conference, Wallace Center, Hyde Park
(the program has not yet been determined by the National Park Service)
4:30 Teaching the Roosevelts, Jeff Urbin, National Park Service
6:00 Dinner
7:30 Franklin Roosevelt: A British Perspective, Ray Raymond, SUNY and USMA

Wednesday, July 29: Teaching Hudson Valley Conference Field Trips
(the field trips have not yet been determined by the National Park Service)

Thursday, July 30: East Fishkill Historical Society
9:00 Early Dutch Settlement in the Mid-Hudson Valley, Malcolm Mills, Executive Director, East Fishkill Historical Society
10:00 The One-Room School House, Addison Groht, Schoolmaster, East Fishkill Historical Society
10:30 Brinckerhoff-Pudney-Palen House Tour
11:00 Dutch House Tour (private residence)
12:00 lunch
1:00 Fishkill Walking tour
2:00 Fishkill Reformed Church Tour
3:00 Van Wyck Homestead Museum Tour and education program review

Friday, July 31 Beacon
9:00 Dennings Point, A Hudson River Story: Jim Heron, The Beacon Institute
10:00 Dennings Point Walk: Jim Heron
11:15 Mount Beacon talk/slide show
12:15 lunch
1:30 Madam Brett Homestead Tour
3:00 Mount Gulian Historic Site tour and workshop

For further information contact IHARE at 914-939-9071 or email us at: contact@ihare.org

Location: Fort Edward, Fort William Henry, Fort Ticonderoga
Contact Hours: 45
Cutoff Date: June 15, 2009
Cost: $375
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Immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of the French and Indian War in upstate New York. Hear about the British and American perspectives. Tour the forts, stand on the high ground, cruise the lakes, and walk the shores of the war that became part of American history, literature, and movies. Participants will hear from a range of speakers, receive curriculum materials, leave with a better understanding of the war, and bring that excitement and experience back to the classroom.

8/3 Monday, Fort Ticonderoga
8:30 Welcome and Overview
9:00 “Naval Campaigns of the French and Indian War at Lake George and Lake Champlain,” Russ Bellico, author
10:00 Break
10:15 “Winning the War, Losing the Peace: The Strategic Consequences of the French and Indian War for Britain and its American Colonies,” Ray Raymond, SUNY and United States Military Academy
11:15 “Fort Ticonderoga in the French and Indian War,” Rich Strum, Fort Ticonderoga Education curator
12:15 Lunch
1:30 King’s Garden Tour
2:45 Camp Cooking: Lori Fox, Fort Ticonderoga educator
4:00 Role of Music in the 18th-Century military, Mike Edson, Fort Ticonderoga Educator 1st grade teacher and Jason McGarry, high school teacher
5:15 Mount Defiance – Rick Salazar, Abenaki Storyteller
7:00 Dinner: Emerald Restaurant [optional]

8/4 Tuesday, Fort Ticonderoga, Crown Point, Cruise
9:00 “Who won the French and Indian War? A British Perspective,” Ray Raymond, SUNY and USMA
10:00 “Battle of Valcour Island,” James Nelson, author
11:00 Fife & Drum Corps performance, Fort Ticonderoga Fife & Drum Corps
11:30 Musket & Artillery demonstration, Fort Ticonderoga Fife & Drum Corps
12:15 Lunch
2:00 Crown Point State Historic Site
5:00 Dinner Carillon Cruise

8/5 Wednesday, Fort Ticonderoga
9:00 French Lines and the Black Watch, Rich Strum
10:15 Thompson-Pell Research Center tour, Chris Fox & Mark Turdo Pell Archives Center
11:30 Women’s History of Fort Ticonderoga, Amy Crannell, Fort Ticonderoga Educator and teacher
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Tour of the Fort and the grounds
19th Century Tourism, Rich Strum
2:45 Primary Sources activity, Rich Strum
4:00 Museum Store opportunity
5:00 Depart for Whitehall
6:00 Dinner: Whitehall
7:15 Skenesborough Museum and Heritage Area Visitors Center

8/6 Thursday: Fort Edward and Fort William Henry Rogers Island Visitor Center
9:00 Welcome to Rogers Island Visitor Center
9:05 Archaeology in Fort Edward and Rogers Rangers: Learning Channel video
9:30 Guided tour of Rogers Island Visitor Center
10:00 “Fort Edward Archaeology,” David Starbuck, Plymouth State University
11:00 Walking tour of Rogers Island/Major Robert Rogers Memorial State Park
12:00 Lunch
12:30 Archaeological Field School lunchtime lecture
1:00 Archaeological Site Tour, David Starbuck
2:15 Old Fort Museum
Jane McCrea: Facts, Myths and Legends
Old Fort House Museum: Tour
History of Fort Edward Historical Society

Fort William Henry
4:15 “Fort William Henry Archaeology,” David Starbuck
5:15 Fort William Henry Tour
6:00 Dinner Fort William Henry Conference Center [optional]
7:00 American Indians in the Time of Henry Hudson: The Munsee and Mahican (Mohican) Indians, Laurence M Hauptman, SUNY, Fort William Henry Conference Center
9:30 Fireworks

8/7 Friday: Fort William Henry
9:00 “The History and Underwater Archaeology of Lake George’s Sunken Fleet of 1758” Joseph W. Zarzynski, Bateaux Below, Inc, RPA
10:00 “Colonial Wars Walking Tour of Lake George,” Joseph Zarzynsky
11:30 Lunch and Lake Steamboat Company Cruise (Minne-Ha-Ha)
1:00 Fort William Henry Exhibits: self-guided tour
2:00 Fort William Henry Curriculum Material
2:30 Teaching the French and Indian War Workshop

A group reservation has been made at the Super8 in Ticonderoga for Sunday through Wednesday. For Wednesday and Thursday there are dozens of places to choose from in the area around Fort William Henry and Fort Edward.

For further information contact IHARE at 914-939-9071 or email us at: contact@ihare.org

Time: 10-1
Location: Peekskill Paramount Center for the Arts, 1008 Brown Street, Peekskill
Contact Hours: 3
Cost: $25
Cutoff Date: February 12
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Explore the creation of a local history exhibit using art, primary source documents, photographs and video.  “Racing on a Broken Ground” by artist and former middle-school teacher Betsy Braun Lane captures an often overlooked segment of history in the Cortland/Peekskill region. The exhibit incorporates family snap shots, portraits, memorabilia, and historic documents to tell the story in the Lower Hudson Region of the Peterson/Moshier families and other early pioneers and patriots of African, European, and Indian descent. The story began over 230 years ago and encompasses events through the Underground Railroad to the present.

Every community has a story to tell but the challenge is to gather the information using primary sources and oral histories and then to present it using 21st century technology and art form. “Racing on a Broken Ground” is the story of one teacher and artist’s effort to tell that story in her own community and to provide a model for what can be done elsewhere.

Following the program there will be an opportunity to adjourn across the street to the Flat Iron Building Peekskill Coffee House. Enjoy more of Peekskill’s art scene by the visiting the Flat Iron gallery and the numerous studios, galleries, and shops in the vicinity.

For further information contact IHARE at 914-939-9071 or email us at: contact@ihare.org

Location:Saratoga Springs and vicinity
Contact Hours: 18
Cost:$175 (includes two lunches and one dinner)
Cutoff Date: April 30
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Spend a weekend immersing yourself in one of the most critical battles of the American Revolution. Participants will be exposed to multiple perspectives involving the battle including the British plans before and reaction afterward, the battlefield from land and from the water, and the effort to preserve the battlefield for future generations. Join with scholars, the National Park Service, and re-enactors to learn about the event.

Saturday, May 31 (9:00-8:30)

Saratoga Springs Visitor Center

9:00 Welcome and Introductions
9:15 “The Battle of Saratoga: The British Plan“– Ray Raymond, SUNY, United States Military Academy
10:30 “Explaining Defeat Back Home to the Higher-Ups: Burgoyne’s Rationale for the British Defeat,” Leslie Bedford

Saratoga National Historic Park

12:00 Lunch
1:00 Visitor Center: Video/map/exhibits
2:00 Battlefield tour with the National Park Service
4:00 Teaching the Battle of Saratoga with the National Park Service
5:00 “Keeping the Tradition Alive: A Re-Enactor’s Experience,” with the National Park service
6:30 Dinner: Panza’s Restaurant
7:30 “Wilderness, My Foot!: Boundaries and Battlefield,” Leslie Bedford

Sunday, June 1: Saratoga Springs and Schuylerville (9:00-6:00)

9:00 “The Battle of Saratoga: The British Reaction,” – Ray Raymond
10:00 Saratoga Springs walking tour: Saratoga Springs Visitor Center, Mary Ann Rau Pelzer
12:30 Lunch: Randys, Dove Gate Inn, Schuylerville
1:30 Victory Monument (200 steps)
2:00 Schuyler House, National Park Service tour
3:00 Canal Cruise

If you need to leave before the Canal Cruise, contact IHARE separately

For further information contact IHARE at 914-939-9071 or email us at: contact@ihare.org