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The New-York Historical Society Education Division provides dynamic programming and curriculum resources for students and teachers in New York and beyond. Historical study sparks curiosity and creativity, promotes cultural understanding, and fosters an empowered citizenry to strengthen our democracy. Our staff of passionate professionals draws on our world-renowned collections to engage learners of all ages in the study of our collective past.
Education programs are made possible through endowments established by
National Endowment for the Humanities
The Hearst Foundations
The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation
Public funds are provided by
Institute of Museum and Library Services
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council
Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer
New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature
Education programs at New-York Historical receive generous support from
Gillian V. and Robert Steel
Pine Tree Foundation of New York
Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation
Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Altman Foundation
IBM
The Hearst Foundation, Inc.
Sherri and Darren Cohen
Deutsche Bank
Onassis Foundation USA
Rice Family Foundation
Maggie & Robert Boroujerdi
Susan Waterfall
Robie and Scott Spector
Keith Haring Foundation
Con Edison
Sara Lee Schupf
Alan Shuch and Leslie Himmel
Richard Reiss
Barker Welfare Foundation
Consulate General of the Netherlands
Dan W. Lufkin
Susan and Robert E. Klein
Lori and Mark Fife
The Michael Tuch Foundation
Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
GWG Foundation
Placer Partners and Ray Lent, Managing Partner
Henry Nias Foundation
an anonymous donor
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Women and Colonization: Early Encounters in the American Colonies
NEH Summer Institute for K-12 Educators at New-York Historical
July 12-July 23, 2021
Note Regarding COVID-19: Because of continued uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, this institute will be held remotely. We will adopt a dynamic virtual format that uses a blended synchronous and asynchronous approach to enable the cohort to engage with one another and with guest faculty.
New-York Historical Society’s Women and Colonization: Early Encounters in the American Colonies NEH Summer Institute for K-12 Educators will explore women’s roles in the formation and evolution of colonial American societies. During the two-week program, teachers will consider how women of different races, classes, ethnicities, and gender identities experienced the colonial period in America and how their activities shaped colonial enterprises.
Women are largely excluded from the traditional curricular narrative of American colonies. This Institute will reframe the customary stories of the four major European powers in North America—the Spanish, Dutch, French, and English—to foreground the many ways women contributed and responded to colonization. Participants will probe how women from diverse backgrounds encountered one another on America’s shores and be encouraged to consider how the legacies of those encounters reverberated forward in the formation of American identity.
Project co-directors Mia Nagawiecki, New-York Historical Vice President of Education, and Allyson Schettino, New-York Historical Associate Director of School Programs, will convene a cohort of 30 K-12 educators from across the country to engage in lively discussions with seven renowned historians and one teacher advisor. The cohort will workshop classroom-ready strategies for weaving women’s histories into the curriculum and leave with content knowledge, lesson plans, and materials that will expand their students’ understanding of North American colonialism.
Applications will open soon. If you are interested in applying, please email nehinstitute@nyhistory.org and we will be sure to notify you once the application is available. More information about the Institute is available below.
Women and Colonization: Early Encounters in the American Colonies has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
