New York State Curricula
Feeding Body and Soul: Haudenosaunee Agriculture in the 19th Century
The learning experiences provided in these published curricula are designed to prepare fourth-grade students to use primary source material to create an interpretive essay. Students will gain experience that will help them answer the document-based portion of the fifth-grade Social Studies test. (Note: Not all of the curricula result in a document-based question.)
In designing these learning experiences, we have provided extensive support for students and teachers. The activities in this packet can be used to prepare students to interpret documents for the essay. Students are provided with many opportunities to practice by comparing and contrasting, interpreting and combining facts and observations from a variety of documents.
The following curricula have been published and are available for purchase:
Feeding Body and Soul: Haudenosaunee Agriculture in the 19th Century
Includes Essay (no)
What Did They Do Before There Was TV? Entertainment in the Age of the Magic Lantern
Includes Essay (no)
The Erie Canal: Impact on People and Cities
Includes Essay (yes)
Community Decision Making: Deciding the Future of Two Historic Buildings
Includes Essay (yes)
Maps: Understanding Our Place in the World
Includes Essay (yes)
New Land… New Beginnings… New York: The Story of Immigration in New York
Includes Essay (yes)
Finding a Better Way: Reform Movements of the 19th Century
Includes Essay (yes)
Assembling the Future - Twentieth Century Industry in New York State
Includes Essay (no)
