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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Education Workshops for Teachers 3 hours per session PTS: 2, 4 & 5 Our workshops take place Monday - Saturday and include light refreshments. All Saturday workshops begin at 9 a.m. On-site: $350 At your school: $400 At the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum, our standards-based workshops enhance teachers’ knowledge about colonial life in New York City. Workshops include teaching strategies using historical facts, primary and secondary sources, and hands-on exploration. During our workshops, we provide information about the city’s evolution from New Amsterdam to New York, and how life changed on the farm in the town of New Amersfoort (Flatlands, Brooklyn). At the end of our workshops, teachers will be able to answer the following questions: Why did the Dutch West India Company choose to create bouweries (farms) in Brooklyn as an agricultural and fiscal support system for New Amsterdam and the New Netherlands Colony? What was the relationship between farmers and the Canarsie Indians, part of the Lenni-Lenape? How did the changing of rulers, from the Dutch West India Company to the British crown, affect the Dutch living here? How did the status of African-Americans change between 1652-1827? How did the ending of slavery in 1827 New York State affect the fiscal health of farmers? |
Tele: (718)629-5400, Fax: (718)629-3125, info@wyckoffassociation.org
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