Teaching The hudson Valley is a Program of

Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area & Greenway Conservancy • Roosevelt-Vanderbilt-Van Buren National Historic Sites, National Park Service • Hudson River Estuary Program, NYS Dept. of

Environmental Conservation • Hudson River Valley Institute at Marist College

Thanks To our co-sPonsors

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum/National Archives & Records Administration • Roosevelt-Vanderbilt Historical Association

TUESDAY, JULY 25 9:00 WELCOME

Larry Turk, superintendent, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt-Van Buren National Historic Sites and Steve Stanne, Hudson River Estuary Program, NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation (B/C)

PROGRAM Mountain or River? Building Classroom Communities, Gina Dellatte, high school English language arts teacher, Newburgh Enlarged City School District (B/C)

10:30 BREAK

10:45 WORKSHOPS Hands (and Feet) on Learning: The New York Giant Traveling Map Nordica Holochuck, New York Sea Grant, and Susan Hoskins, Cornell Institute for Resource Information Sciences (A)

“I had no idea that happened here:” Strategies for Exploring Your Amazing Hometown, Pat Sexton and Peter Muste, founders, Education Network for Teachers & Artists (Dyson) Service Learning at Historic Sites, Kayla Altland, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt- Van Buren National Historic Sites; Amanda Chaplin, Youth Program assistant; Danny Gelles, social media intern and former NPS Youth Ambassador; and Maggie Huston, NPS Youth Ambassador. (C)

Christina Connors, family and consumer science teacher, Lakeland-Copper Beech MS, Yorktown Heights

Fred Engelhardt, principal, Albany School of Humanities

Susan Hereth, education director, Kingston YMCA Farm Project; internship coordinator and adjunct professor of geography, SUNY New Paltz

Ashley Hopkins-Benton, senior historian and curator of social history, New York State Museum

Mindy Krazmien, executive director, Putnam History Museum, Cold Spring

Steve Linehan, retired middle and high school social studies teacher, Albany City School District

Ginny McCurdy, high school English language arts teacher, Newburgh Enlarged City School District

Tom O’Dowd, environmental educator and community builder

Susannah Renzi, special education science and social studies teacher, Dutchess BOCES Alternative High School

Erika Sanger, executive director, Museum Association of New York (MANY)

Gretchen Weerheim, Camp Huguenot, YMCA of Greater New York

Thanks To The ThViPs who Planned The insTiTuTe and guide ThV's work.

845-229-9116, ext. 2035info@teachingthehudsonvalley.orgwww.TeachingtheHudsonValley.org

Workshops are in Rooms A (north end of hallway), B (middle), C (south), and Dyson (behind registration)

Internet access is via “Roosevelt Library”; there is no password,but you do need to accept the terms presented

The Institute’shashtag is #THV2017

Program

Cover Photo: courtesy of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

henry a. wallace VisiTor & &Education cEntEr fdr home & PresidenTial library, hyde ParkJuly 25-27

Teaching The hudson Valley2017 summer insTiTuTe

building communiTy wiTh Place-based learning

Without the expertise and generosity of our presenters and their organizations there would be no THV summer institute. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You.

Photo: Bill Urbin, ROVA/NPS

LUNCH Listen for announcements about hosted table talks. (B/C)

1:15 WORKSHOPS Climate Change and Sea Level Rise, Margie Turrin, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Libby Zemaitis, Hudson River Estuary Program, NYS DEC (A)

Teaching a People’s History of the New Deal, Adam Sanchez, social studies teacher, Harvest Collegiate High School, New York City (C)

Teaching Tough Topics, Part 1, Laura Garcia, Orange County YWCA; Christine McCartney & Ginny McCurdy, Newburgh Free Academy, and Kathy Wurster, Washingtonville HS (Dyson)

2:45 BREAK

3:00 WORKSHOPS Bringing the New Deal to a New Generation, Jeff Urbin, education specialist, FDR Presidential Library and Museum. Brief orientation followed by self-guided tour. (B) Museum closes at six; grounds are open until dusk.

Out of Washington’s Shadow: Creating an African-American History Tour of Newburgh, Colin Morris, history professor, and Tashae Smith, recent graduate, Manhattanville College (C)

Teaching Tough Topics, Part 2 (Dyson)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 FIELD EXPERIENCES We do not meet in Hyde Park on Wednesday. Please go directly to your field experience site. Note that start times and lunch provisions vary. Most field experiences include substantial time out-of-doors; be prepared.

If you need to change your selection, check in at the registration table after Tuesday’s opening session.

9 - 5 | Building Community in Kingston: History, Art & Environment in City Neighborhoods. Vegetarian lunch provided.

9:15 - 3:30 | Great Newburgh History Adventure: A How-To Field Experience. Bring your lunch or purchase from food truck or neighborhood restaurants.

9:30 - 3:30 | Historic Bridges of the Hudson Valley: Building Bridges to Build Community. Bring your lunch.

10 - 4 | Hidden Treasures of Science & History in the Lower Hudson Valley. Bring your lunch or be prepared to purchase from the cafeteria on site.

The River that Flows Both Ways: A Listening/Writing Workshop Exploring Hudson Lore & Your Story, Jonathan Kruk, master storyteller (A)

12:15 NETWORKING LUNCH (B/C) 1:00 WORKSHOPS Votes for Women! Inspiring Involvement with the History of Women’s Rights, Alethea Mouzakes, senior, Shenendehowa HS; Ashley Hopkins-Benton, senior historian and social history curator; Stephanie Miller, youth services director; and Kathryn Weller, education director, New York State Museum (Dyson)

Opening More Closets at Val-Kill: Finding American History, Frank Futral, curator, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, National Park Service (A)

Historic Bridges of the Hudson Valley, Kathryn Burke, educator, author, and director of the NYS Bridge Authority’s museum (C)

2:15 BREAK

2:30 GREETINGS & THANKS Scott Keller, acting executive director, Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area and Greenway (B/C)

PROGRAM A Sculptor’s Rain Garden -- Honoring the Enslaved Africans of Philipse Manor Hall through the Arts, Vinnie Bagwell, sculptor and writer, and Ty Gray-EL, storyteller (B/C)

THURSDAY, JULY 27

9:00 WORKSHOPS Safe Schools for All: Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students, Part 1, Hudson Valley chapter GLSEN: Rob Conlon, chapter co-chair and program manager; Peter Mostachetti, student outreach coordinator; and Christopher Wyble, professional development coordinator (Dyson)

Improving Passage for Floods & Fish in Our Streams, Rebecca Houser, Megan Lung, Andrew Meyer, Hudson River Estuary Program, NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation (C)

History Comics Club: Connecting Students to their Heritage One Panel at a Time, Emily Robinson and Susan Boudreau, Clermont State Historic Site (A)

10:30 BREAK

10:45 WORKSHOPS Safe Schools for All, Part 2 (Dyson)

Mapping Out Your Community: How water resources connect us, Robin Sanchez, NYC Dept. of Environmental Protection (C)

Photo: John Lewis

Photo: Bridge Museum

Planning and Paying for Student Field Experiences, Susan Carver, NYS Parks’ Connect Kids; Debi Duke, THV; Nancy Faddis-DeCerbo, program manager, Orange- Ulster BOCES; Dorna Schroeter, program coordinator, Center for Environmental Education, Putnam-No. Westchester BOCES; and Natashea Winters, community engagement, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (A)

12:15