Location: St. Paul’s Church
Cost: $10
Cut-Off Date: February 8
Contact Hours: 4
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12:00 First person re-enactment of Phillis Wheatley, the African American poet who was a slave in Boston in the colonial/Revolutionary War era;

1:00 General George Washington (Hugh Francis) recalls the life and accomplishments of General John Glover who helped saved the American Revolution three times in 1776 including in nearby Pelham Bay

2:00 “African Americans & the American Revolution,” Professor Clarence Taylor, Baruch College/CUNY

3:00 “The Life and Times of John Glover,” Maria Byrne, St. Paul’s Church historian

Living History Demonstrations: National Park Service rangers/re-enactors, interspersed with the presentations

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

Location: Washington’s Headquarters
Cost: $45
Cut-Off Date: February 13
Contact Hours: 10
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Participate in a workshop on teaching the American Revolution, celebrate the birthday of our Founding Father, learn about the music, crafts, and military operations of his time. See where Washington nipped a conspiracy against him. Meet with the curators and the re-enactors both foot soldiers and on horse and come away with a better understanding of the American Revolution and activities that you can bring back to the classroom.

February 17 9:00-4:30

9:00 – Welcome and Overview (West Gallery)
9:15 – Teaching the American Revolution Workshop (West Gallery): Tim Potts
12:00 – Lunch
Washington’s Headquarters will be closed to the public during the morning session
1:00 – Celebrating George Washington’s Birthday
1:30 – Third New York Drill and Sheldon Mounted Dragoons Demonstration – (Outdoors): Paul Ackerman, United States Military Museum, West Point
2:30 – “The Strategic Genius of George Washington” Ray Raymond, SUNY
3:30 – 18th Century Music Performance and Talk (West Gallery)

February 18 1:00-4:30

1:00 – Celebrating George Washington’s Birthday
1:30 – Hasbrouck House Tour (Indoors)
2:30 – Lamb’s Artillery Unit Demonstration (Outdoors)
3:30 – 18th Century Craft Demonstrations (Museum Basement)

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

Location: The College of St. Rose, Albany
Cost: $95
Cut-Off Date: February 16
Contact Hours: 15
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Join the annual conference of the Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region. Attend content lectures, workshops, panel discussions, and guided tours. Dine with the experts as part of the experience in learning about the Underground Railroad in the Capital Region and bring back to the classroom information, documents, and activities. This program has been revised in order to provide 15 contact hours. For detailed information on the individual workshops, panel sessions and directions go to www.ugrworkshop.com

• Sat. February 24 — College of St. Rose in St. Joseph’s Hall, faces Madison Ave.
  Parking is available across from St. Joseph’s Hall (College of St. Rose lot.)
• 9:00 Welcome and Overview
• 9:30 Keynote: “The Narrative Arc of Margaret Garner’s Life & Beyond” —
  Delores M. Walters, Ph.D.
• 10:30 Workshop Session I
• 11:30 19th Century African American Dance and Music Workshop — Earl White
• 12:30 Lunch with a conference presenter
• 1:30 Panel Discussions
• 2:30 Workshop Session II
• 3:30 Remembering the Underground Railroad and Those Who Traveled It —
  Andy Feffer, Union College
• 4:00 History’s Tangled Threads — Fergus Bordewich, author of Bound for Canaan:
  The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America — his op-ed
  column was published in the NewYork Times 2/02/07
• 6:00 Dinner with conference presenters
• 7:30 “Harriet, Harriet, Harriet, Harriet”: Play celebrating the lives of Harriet
  Tubman, Harriet Myers, Harriet Jacobs, and Harriet Beecher Stowe with
  commentary
• Sun. February 25 — 9:00-3:00
• 9:00 Underground Railroad Exhibit: Albany Heritage Area Visitor Center
• 10:30 People of Courage, People of Hope, Seekers of Justice: The Albany Underground
  Railroad Buas Tour
• TBD Screening of Amazing Grace — a movie on the abolition of the slave trade
  in England opening the weekend of February 23 —

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

Location: Sharon Historical Society, Sharon, CT
Cost: $15
Cut-Off Date: April 13
Contact Hours: 6
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Participants will explore the history, industry and industrial archaeology in northwest Connecticut. Hear from the experts, see where it happened, and participate in hands-on activities. There will be opportunity to gain an overview of the resources available at the Sharon Historical Society and to provide input on how historical societies and museums can better meet teacher needs.

9:00 – Introduction and Welcome

9:30 – “Industrial Archaeology 101” Victor Rolando, Industrial Archaeologist

10:30 – Break

10:45 – “The Iron Industry in Connecticut” Ed Kirby, author Echoes of Iron in Connecticut’s Northwest Corner

12:00 – Lunch/Tour Hands On Iron Exhibit

1:00 – Beckley Furnace Tour

4:00 – Return to the Sharon Historical Society

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

Location: New Canaan Historical Society
Cost: $30
Cut-Off Date: April 27
Contact Hours: 4.5
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Participants gain an overview of the resources of the New Canaan Historical Society and provide input on how a local historical society can better meet their needs.

9:00-9:15 Introductions; overview of the resources of the Society

9:15-11:15 “American Life Program”: Participants tour four sites on the property: the Hearth and Craft Rooms in the Hanford-Silliman House; Rock School; and the Tool Museum. Docents will conduct the program as it is presented to students.

11:15-11:30 Library Workshop on the research facilities available at the Historical Society

11:30-12:15 Lunch: Open discussion on teacher needs and how the Society can best meet them.

12:15-1:00 Tour additional sites on the property, including the other rooms of the Hanford-Silliman House and the Cody Drug Store

1:00-2:00 Industrial Revolution Program Presentation

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

Location: Catskill and Hudson, NY
Contact Hours: 15
Cost: $125
Cutoff Date: May 15
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Experience Hudson River Art in all its facets. The program will take place at Cedar Grove, the home of Thomas Cole, and at Olana, the home of Frederic Church. There will be a bus ride to the sites where the Hudson River painters painted including locations which were inaccessible last summer due to flooding. Participants will hear from an eyewitness to the court case to preserve the scenic view while enjoying a sunset dinner at the very view that was saved. Participants will observe the new Durand exhibit at Cedar Grove and hear from experts about the artists and the art.

Saturday: (10:00-8:00)

• 10:00 Mountaintop Historical Society Bus Tour (leaves from Cedar Grove)

• 6:30 Dinner at Olana
  Harvey Flad, Vassar, “Saving the Scenic View: An Eyewitness Account”

Sunday (9:00-5:00)

• 9:00 Olana

• 10:30 Thomas Cole House

• 12:00 Lunch

• 1:00 Symposium: Asher B. Durand: Why Now? (Sponsored by the Thomas
  Cole National Historic House, the Olana State Historic Site, and the Olana Partnership (Catskill Middle School Auditorium)

Speakers

Linda Ferber, New-York Historical Society, “Why Now? The Return of Asher B. Durand”
Ken Myers, Detroit Institute of Art, “Asher B. Durand and the Catskills”
Franklin Kelly, National Gallery of Art, “Allegory and Imagination in Hudson River Art”
Evelyn Trebilcock, Olana, “Durand and Church”

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

Location: Stanley-Whitman House
Cost: $50.00 (Lunch & Light Refreshments)
Cut-off Date: May 18
Contact Hours: 5
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Spend the day at the Stanley-Whitman House in the heart of historic Farmington Village. Explore 18th and 19th century village life from food to architecture to politics. Participate in cooking on the open hearth and historical theater. Walk the halls and streets of Puritans, Abolitionists, farmers, pioneering educators, and politicians. Learn methods of making classroom connections with your own community’s history. Please dress appropriately for cooking and wear comfortable shoes.

10:00 – Welcome

10:15 – Open Hearth Cooking Program

12:00 – Lunch

Meet the Citizens of Farmington – Historical Theater

1:00 – Tour the Stanley-Whitman House Walking Tour of Historic Farmington Village including Miss Porter’s School and Memento Mori, Farmington’s Ancient Burying Ground

3:00 – Making Local Connections in Your National Curriculum

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