Comments Sought on NY Social Studies Curriculum

The draft “New York State Common Core K-8 Social Studies Framework” has been issued and is available online [pdf].  The New York State Education Department is inviting comments until October 11, 2012. The K-8 Framework was designed to integrate existing New York State Learning Standards and curricula into a single document with an emphasis on […]

This Weeks New York History Web Highlights

Robert Hoe: The Bronx Gutenberg Harlem: Never-Built Futuristic Housing Lawrence Gooley: Authorship, The New Book &#8216-Paradigm’ Forgotten Stories: Rudolph Bell, Bronx Zoo Head Chef Atlantic Cities: NY’s City and Town Historians Old Salt Blog: The Battle of Plattsburg Preservation: Old Boston Post Road Landmarks Democratic National Convention: A Wild Ride in 1924 War of 1812: […]

This Weeks Top New York History News

Georgia Closes State Archives Algonquian Peoples Seminar Saturday Hudson River Ramble Continues Museums in Conversation Deadline Looms AHA Pushes Academic Disclosures Plattsburgh Commemorates 1812 Victory New UAlbany President Announced Ward Churchill Loses Appeal Hudson River Named National Water Trail Rome Marks Pledge of Allegience Author Each Friday morning New York History compiles for our readers […]

Path Through History: An Historical Perspective

The Path though History project does not operate on a tabula rasa. When Henry Hudson arrived, there were no signs to guide him. Today there are more signs then one can count. For Path through History the challenge is not to create ex nihilo but to create order out of chaos.

This Weeks New York History Web Highlights

N-Y Historical: Hudson River School and Recreation AHA: September Perspectives Online Beehive: Digitizing Dorr’s Annotated Newspapers Eastman: Future-Proofing A Motion Picture Collection AAM: Association Now An Alliance Long Island: Tesla Fans Return to Workshop Macroanalysis: Text-Mining the Classics Cuomo: Blazing A Path Through History Joel Aldrich Matteson: We Report, You Decide Smithsonian: Collecting the Republican […]

This Weeks New York History Web Highlights

Eastman: Future-Proofing A Motion Picture Collection AAM: Association Now An Alliance Long Island: Tesla Fans Return to Workshop Macroanalysis: Text-Mining the Classics Cuomo: Blazing A Path Through History Joel Aldrich Matteson: We Report, You Decide Smithsonian: Collecting the Republican National Convention AHA: History Discipline Core Behind The Scenes: Keith Haring Creates for Kids Estelle Freedman: […]