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Institute Schedule

 * Monday, Day One, 7/21 **** @ New-York Historical Society **
 * 8:30-9:00 - **** Breakfast and Networking **
 * 9:00-9:15 - Introductory Remarks **
 * Philip Panaritis, TAH Grant Project Director
 * Dr. Elizabeth Grant, N-YHS, Director of Education
 * Anthony Blasini, TAH Teacher Historian, MS 127
 * E. Y. Zipris, MCNY Professional Development Coordinator
 * Brian Carlin, TAH Grant Project Director
 * Frank Westcott, TAH Webmaster and Tech Trainer
 * 9:15-10:00 ** - ** Group ** **Introductions and Logistics** **// : //**** Philip Panaritis & **** Anthony Blasini **
 * 10:00-10:45 - ****// French Founding Fathers Workshop: //**** Dr. Liz Grant **
 * 11:00-12:00 - ****// NY DIVIDED //**** Worksho//p I// **** : **** Dr. Liz Grant, N-YHS **
 * 12:00-12:30 - L U N C H **
 * 12:30-1:15 - ****// NY DIVIDED //**** Worksho//p II// **** : ** ** Dr. Liz Grant **
 * 1:15-2:15 - ****// Objects Tell Stories & Luce Center Activity: //**** Dr. Liz Grant **
 * 2:15-3:15 - TAH Website Workshop: **** Brian Carlin, TAH Grant Project Director **
 * 3:15-3:30 - Wrap Up and Evaluations **

** Tuesday, Day Two, 7/22 ** ** @ Museum of the City of New York Content Theme: Experiment in Freedom: Colony, Capital & Commercial Center ** **// Professor Ken Jackson //** 11:00-12:00 Professor Jackson’s Seminar I: //The Past and Future of New York City pp.1-13 and 695-711// * __Empire City: New York Through the Centuries__, Kenneth T. Jackson & David S. Dunbar, Editors, NY: Columbia University Press, 2002
 * 8:30-9:00 Breakfast and Networking **
 * 9:00-9:30 Discussion on Reading **
 * 9:45-10:15 //Timescapes,// with E.Y. Zipris, MCNY **
 * 10:15-11:00 ** // Early New York //** Gallery Tour, with E.Y. Zipris **
 * 12:00-12:30 LUNCH **
 * 12:30-2:15 Professor Jackson’s Seminar II **// : The Hudson Valley and the American // //Revolution// * pp. 94-98
 * 2:15-3:15 TAH Workshop: ****// Life in America’s Biggest City: Teaching with Documents, Phil Panaritis and Anthony Blasini //**
 * 3:15-3:30- Wrap Up and Evaluations **

Content Theme: ** ** Democracy and Urbanization Professor Ken Jackson **
 * Wednesday, Day Three, 7/23 **** @ Museum of the City of New York


 * 8:30-9:00 Breakfast and Networking **
 * 9:00-9:30 Discussion on Reading **
 * 9:30-12:00 Prof. Jackson’s Seminar: **// The Establishment of Order: Water, Epidemic Disease, Police, Fire, and Open Space * pp.206-207, 311-313, and 458-463 //
 * 12:00-12:30 LUNCH **
 * 12:30- 2:15 Gallery Tour: **// Campaigning for President //
 * 2:15-3:15 TAH Workshop: **// The Lowell Mills //**, Anthony Blasini **
 * 3:15-3:30 Wrap Up and Evaluations **

* __Empire City: New York Through the Centuries__, Kenneth T. Jackson & David S. Dunbar, Editors, NY: Columbia University Press, 2002

** Thursday, Day Four, 7/24 **** @ Ellis Island Content Theme: The Promise of Freedom, Access to America **** The Immigrant Experience ** ** 8:00 AM Arrive at Battery Park for security check ** ** 8:30AM Depart via Circle Line Ferry from NY for Ellis Island ** ** 9:15 AM Arrive Ellis Island; Convene in 3rd Floor Conference Room; Welcome and introductions ** ** 9:15 AM– 10:15AM Overview of Immigration Museum/Development of Ellis **** Island/Immigration process - National Park Service Park **** Ranger ** ** 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM Explore Oral History collection, museum exhibits on own ** ** 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM Lunch ** ** 12:45 PM– 2:00 PM Explore exhibition in Ferry building and un-restored **** buildings on South Side, Save Ellis Island staff ** ** 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Integrating the content: Reading a photo/document hands-on **** activity with primary sources, Save Ellis Island staff ** ** 2:30 PM Wrap-up discussion/debriefing ** ** 2:50 PM In-line to board Ferry back to NY **
 * BREAK **
 * 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Brief introductions to Ellis Island Oral History collection **** and Ellis Island Library/Archives, Janet Levine, NPS Oral **** Historian **

** Friday, Day Five, 7/25 **** @ Morris Jumel Mansion and Inwood Hill Park Content Theme: Urban Ecology in New York City ** ** 8:30-9:00 Breakfast and Networking ** ** 9:00- 9:30 Discussion of Readings ** ** 9:30-11:00 Morris Jumel Mansion Gallery and Walking Tour: Morris Jumel Staff ** ** 11:00-11:30 Bus to Inwood Hill Park ** ** 11:45-12:30 Lunch at Inwood Hill Park Conversation Center ** ** 12:30-1:00 Native Americans: The First New Yorkers - presentation by Urban Park **** Rangers ** ** 1:00-3:00 Walking Tour with Dr. Robert DeCandido, Urban Ecologist ** ** 3:00-3:30 Bus back to Morris Jumel - Wrap Up and Evaluation **

Content Theme: Bridging Freedom~ Greater New York ** ** Professor Ken Jackson ** ** 9:00-9:30 Discussion of Readings ** ** 9:30-12:00 Professor Jackson’s Seminar: **// City People: The Transportation Revolution, //// New Ways of Living, the Rise of Brooklyn and Coney Island //// * pp. 316-317, 407-421 // ** 12:00-1:00 LUNCH ** ** 1:00-2:15 Brooklyn Historical Society Workshop, Andrea Del Valle **** BHS Gallery Tour: BHS Staff ** ** 2:15-3:15 TAH Workshop: **// Coney Island DVD, //** Philip Panaritis ** ** 3:15-3:30 Wrap Up and Evaluations ** * __Empire City: New York Through the Centuries__, Kenneth T. Jackson & David S. Dunbar, Editors, NY: Columbia University Press, 2002
 * Monday, Day Six, 7/28 **** @ Brooklyn Historical Society
 * 8:30-9:00 Breakfast and Reading **

** Venue: Museum of the City of New York ** ** 9:00-9:30 Discussion of Readings ** ** 9:30-12:00 Professor Jackson’s Seminar: **// Ward Boss and City Boss, the Catholic Church, //// and, the Problem of Slavery in a Great City //// ** 1:00- 1:30 Time for working on final presentations ** ** 1:30- 2:15 Gallery Tour: Catholics in New York City ** ** 2:15-3:15 TAH Workshop: **// Period Culture //**, Anthony Blasini ** ** 3:15-3:30 Evaluation and Wrap up ** * __Empire City: New York Through the Centuries__, Kenneth T. Jackson & David S. Dunbar, Editors, NY: Columbia University Press, 2002
 * Tuesday, Day Seven, 7/29 **** Content Theme: Voicing Freedom~ Politics & The City **
 * // Professor Ken Jackson //**
 * 8:30-9:00 Breakfast and Networking **
 * pp. 488-495, 553-554 //
 * 12:00-1:00 LUNCH **

Theme: Local History as a Lens on U.S. History ** ** 9:00-9:30 Discussion on Reading ** ** 9:00-11:00 Bronx County Historical Society Workshop **** Anthony Greene ** ** 11:00- 12:00 Bus Tour from BCHS to City Island **** Anthony Greene and Philip Panaritis ** ** 12:00 LUNCH on your own at **// Johnny’s Reef, // City Island ** 1:00- 3:00 Bartow Pell Mansion Museum Tour and Workshop ** ** 3:00-3:30 Wrap Up and Evaluations on the Bus **
 * Wednesday, Day Eight, 7/30 **** @ Bronx County Historical Society & Bartow-Pell Mansion
 * 8:30-9:00 Breakfast and Networking **

** Thursday, Day Nine, 7/31 **** @ Museum of the City of New York Content Theme: **** The U.S. and its Relationship with the World ** ** 9:00-9:30 Discussion of Reading ** ** 9:30-12:00 Professor Jackson’s Seminar: **// A Haven for Dissent and the Arsenal of //// Democracy //// *pp. 506-510, 519-525 // ** 12:00-1:00 LUNCH ** ** 1:00- 2:00 Group Planning Time ** ** 2:00-3:15 TAH Workshop: **// New York DVD //**, Frank Westcott ** ** 3:15-3:30 Wrap Up and Evaluations ** * __Empire City: New York Through the Centuries__, Kenneth T. Jackson & David S. Dunbar, Editors, NY: Columbia University Press, 2002
 * // Professor Ken Jackson //**
 * 8:30-9:00 Breakfast and Networking **

** Friday, Day Ten, 8/01 **** @ LSO 1230 Zerega Ave. Room 76 Theme: Applying TAH Summer Institute History Content ** ** 9:30-12:00 TAH Participant Presentations I ** ** 12:00-12:30 LUNCH ** ** 12:30-3:00 TAH Participant Presentations II ** ** 3:00-3:30 Graduation and Wrap-up **
 * 8:30-9:00 Breakfast and Networking **