Annoucing NEW Teacher Workshops

What happens when two great New York State programs get together? Teachers and students across the state benefit! I am pleased to announce that the New York Council on the Humanities and the New York State Historical Association have teamed together to bring the Speakers in the Schools program and National History Day to our state's schools.

In a series of regional teacher workshops this October and November, renowned historians will join History Day staff in bringing New York State history content related to this year's annual theme, Debate and Diplomacy in History: Successes, Failures, Consequences, to you. During the workshops, teachers will enjoy a talk from a historian on a New York History topic and then will brainstorm ways to incorporate this information into the classroom using tools that will help students explore the historical significance of the topic.

The workshop dates and locations are:

Saturday, October 16 - 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Fort Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga
Historian Robert Arnold will present his talk, 1812: New York’s War, New York’s Impetus. Contact Rich Strum at 518-585-6370 or RStrum@fort-ticonderoga.org to register for this event.

Tuesday, October 26 - 4:00 - 6:00 pm at Hofstra University, Hempstead
Beth E. Lilac, Director of Education at The Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center in Glen Cove, will present her talk, The Evian Conference of July 1938: A Turning Point in World and Diplomatic Histories. Contact Susan Glaser at 631-470-9577 or sglaser22@gmail or susan@glasermills.com to register for this event. (Note: this event is being given independent of the Speakers in the Schools partnership, but is included here because it's AWESOME!)

Saturday, November 13 - 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the FDR Library and Museum, Hyde Park
Historian Michael Jacob will present his talk, The Language of Crisis: Documenting the Depression. Contact Jeff Urbin at 845-486-7761 or jeffrey.urbin@nara.gov to register for this event.

Sunday, November 14 - 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Museum of the City of New York, Manhattan
Historian Richard Greenwald will present his talk, The Garment Workers’ New York: Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in Progressive Era New York. Contact Stephanie Dueno at 212-534-1672, x3410 or sdueno@mcny.org to register for this event.

I urge you all to take advantage of these amazing workshops! If you have general questions about the partnership or the workshop content, please contact me at 607-547-1534 or t.voigt@nysha.org