Lending Library: Education & Curriculum
Museumwise provides its members and South Central DHP constituents access to our extensive Lending Library. Museumwise members and South Central DHP constituents can borrow up to 3 titles for a 3-week period. Books can be renewed once, as long as there are no other requests for the title.
To utilize this service, simply fill out this online form with the titles of the books you’d like to borrow. We will mail you the titles – all that you are responsible for is return postage.
This Lending Library is made possible in part with funds from the Documentary Heritage Program of the New York State Archives, a program of the New York State Education Department.
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Pamphlet on how to integrate field trips to 19 Adirondacks-area sites with New York State standards for education. Teachers may use this guide to plan out-of-school events that bring the standards to life in a regional context. For elementary and...
Written for faculty, instructors, and trainers in any distance learning environment, Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace shows how to create a virtual classroom environment that helps students excel academically, while fostering a sense of...
Education has become a hot topic of the museum world. Museum education has had a long history in American museums, but it has frequently been at the periphery of the museum's stated mission. Strategies for creating synergistic relationships...
Exhibition resources for teachers of grade levels 2-5. Includes two books (Amelia's Road and Gathering the Sun: an alphabet in Spanish and English), along with student activities and educational background.
Includes activities for students, lesson plans, background materials for teachers for the traveling exhibition, Migrant Farmworkers in the Northeast.
Consider the Source presents helpful information for educators, students, and custodians of historically valuable records on the effective and creative use of those records for edcucational purposes. State Archives publication on using historical...
Packaged Handouts from UHA workshop ''Developing & Evaluating Programming''. Includes sections on NYS learning standards, sample curriculum materials, evaluation materials, etc. Accompanying CD holds even more material.
Outlines the procedures for the creation of education corporations by the Regents, and certain related matters, and to indicate the initial steps which should be taken to secure licensure, registration, or other required forms of approval. Includes...
Written for intermediate and junior high school students. Provides biographical information on 31 women in the National Women's Hall of Fame. Includes study questions, word games, activities.
This book is aimed specifically at new or relatively new facilitators of online education or training courses. The authors guide you in learning the ground breaking techniques and skills necessary to effectively facilitate online dialogue, community...
This book provides you with many ideas, including ways to build community connections through youth programs, collaboration with nontraditional partners, creative outreach, mission-based fundraising, programs that target participants, and even...
This publication is a report on two projects aimed at bringing together two constituencies for historical activity in the United States - public historical agencies and academic historians.
Uses history of Cherry Hill owner Kittie Putman as framework for studying the American family within the New York State 4th grade curriculum. Lesson plans and activities for language arts, science, etc.
We all know that learning takes place in museums, but what does that really mean? Who learns what, and how do they learn it? The authors set out to investigate these questions through the conversations of museum visitors. The model they developed...
4th grade social studies activities focused on local history, based on New York State Education Dept. curriculum guidelines. Centered on Staten Island, but adaptable to other locations.
This book gives you the necessary tools to evaluate the effectiveness of programs and exhibits in informal educational settings - museums, science centers, zoos, aquaria, botanical gardens, and parks. This guide provides a step-by-step approach...
A non-traditional curriculum program based on the values and customs of Chinese Culture. Includes Fall, Winter, Spring and non-seasonal classes and activities. 173 pages with bibliogaphy, references and resources.
A 1968 introduction of the collaborative effort between schools museums to teach visual literacy and develop curriculum.
Document-Based learning curriculum units, based on artifacts and documents from the Seward House. Includes units for Elementary & Middle School students on Abolition/Underground Railroad and Alaska.
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