PS 274, Kosciusko School, Bushwick, Brooklyn, District 32

Visit 1: March 25, 2009
Visit 2: April 6, 2009
Visit 3: May 1, 2009
Visit 4: May 8, 2009
Visit 5: May 20, 2009
Visit 6: June 3, 2009

Students in a 4th-grade class read Joan Goodman’s biography of Henry Hudson, Beyond the Sea of Ice: the Voyages of Henry Hudson.  In conjunction with the author’s visits, students conducted an interdisciplinary study of the Hudson River.  For science, they studied river ecology; for social studies, they studied world exploration; and for language arts, they learned descriptive writing.  To supplement their classroom work, students took a field trip to the Hudson River.  As a final project, they each created a book that incorporated results of science experiments, their knowledge of world exploration history, and written observations from their field trip.

This program was supported in part by a generous contribution from the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York, as part of their NY-400 celebrations. NY-400 is a commemoration of the 400 years since Henry Hudson sailed the Hudson River and the subsequent Dutch role in New York City’s development.

 

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