'Teach the Hudson Valley' Grants Available -- by the Half Moon Press

February, 2005 issue

'Teach the Hudson Valley' Grants Available For the third year, "Teaching the Hudson Valley (THV) will award grants up to $10,000 each to public and private schools to create place-based curriculum units in partnership with places of cultural, historic or natural significance. "Significant places" include, but are not limited to, art galleries, historic sites, museums, nature preserves and parks. Schools are invited to apply by Friday April 8, for implementation in the 2005-06 school year.

Curriculum materials and lesson plans developed with grant monies will be available to teachers and others on the web. THV is a program of the National Park Service (NPS), Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area (HNVNHA) and Hudson River Valley Greenway, in cooperation with the Hudson River Valley Institute at Marist College and Hudson River Estuary Program/New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Sarah Olson, Superintendent of the Roosevelt-Vanderbilt State Historic Sites. said, "We aim to award 10-15 grants to a diverse group of schools working with K - 12 students and a variety of significant places." "Teaching the Hudson Valley" also sponsors a summer institute open to grantees and the public.

The 2005 institute "From the Erie Canal to the New Deal: The Hudson Valley and the Rise of the Empire State," is scheduled for July 12 - 14 at the Henry A. Wallace Education Center on the grounds of the Roosevelt National Historic Site and Presidential Library in Hyde Park.

Interested educators may obtain grant applications forms and other materials at www.teachingthehudsonvalley.org. Paper copies of the application packages may be obtained by calling (845) 29-9116, ext. 35. Awards will be announced in June and the grant year runs through September 2006.