NCPR: Colleges Bring Dollars And Sense Kathleen Hanna: Early Forest Ranger Profile Adk Almanack: North Country Abolitionist James Doolittle Matt Brewing: 150 Years and Counting Geoffrey C. Ward: Great-Grandfather, Bamboozler Robert Darnton: Defense of New York Public Library African Burial Ground: Blending Scholarship, NYC History Artinfo: Top 10 Best Museum Web Sites Each Friday afternoon […]
Brooklyn Art Deco Sears Landmarked Queen of Disco Donna Summer Dies at 63 Utica Gala Raises Museum Funds Saving an Underground RR House Saratoga-NC RR Expands Season Nebraska Brace Dead at 83 Historians: Older Historic Sites in Danger Toronto Star Puts Hemingway Online Each Friday morning New York History compiles for our readers the previous […]
The State Education Department has not yet released the proposed new Common Core standards for English Language Arts, which includes “Literacy in History/Social Studies.” Several previous posts have explored the implications for state and local history in our state.
Regular readers of my posts know that the role of civics was an important point of contention raised at the recent annual conference of the New York State Council for the Social Studies. Such readers also know I have consistently advocated on behalf of local history both for the pedagogy of teaching critical skills beginning […]
Ice Hockey: Old and New Richard Stout: 19th Cent French Prints at The Hyde Report: Adirondack RR Has Large Economic Impact Mike Lynch: Naming Backcountry Features Wolfson Judge: Young, Popular Historians ‘-Damaging Academia’ Harvey Road: Mount van Hoevenberg Ski History Each Friday afternoon New York History compiles for our readers the previous week’s top weblinks […]
Saratoga-NC RR Expands Season Nebraska Brace Dead at 83 Historians: Older Historic Sites in Danger Toronto Star Puts Hemingway Online NBC Drops Genealogy Show Last Rev War POW Camp Saved NNY Casino Causes Tension Kodak Closing Rochester Unit Each Friday morning New York History compiles for our readers the previous week’s top stories about New […]
Jaya Saxena: Mayor McClellan And The First Subway Ride Forgotten Stories: The NY Fat Men’s Association Don Rittner: How to Recycle a Church AHA: Competitive Proposal Selection for 2013 The Atlantic’s ‘-Cynic’: A History PhD Student YNN: North Creek Rail Depot Rich in History Susan Tobias: Sutherland Sisters Profile Each Friday afternoon New York History […]
Syracuse War of 1812 Ruins Forgotten IMLS Seeks Grant Guideline Input John Gray to Head Museum of Am History US Historian Paul Boyer Dies John Brown Day Draws Crowd bin Ladin Papers Going Online Residents: Save Historic Watervliet Church Group Promotes War of 1812 Walks Each Friday morning New York History compiles for our readers […]
Limited space is still available to attend Fort Ticonderoga’s Seventeenth Annual War College of the Seven Years’ War May 18-20, 2012. This annual seminar focuses on the French and Indian War in North America (1754-1763), bringing together a panel of distinguished historians from around the country and beyond. The War College takes place in the […]
Lawrence S. Wittner: May Day, Haymarket to Occupy Frederick Douglass: Modern Abolitionist, Famous Ancestor NCPR: Traditional Work Series Old Salt Blog: Trinity Church Maritime History Caleb Crain: Suggested NYPL Plan Each Friday afternoon New York History compiles for our readers the previous week’s top weblinks about New York’s state and local history. You can find […]