Education
Discover dynamic education programs and curriculum resources about the history of our city, state, and nation.
Education Mission
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
Susan Waterfall
Robie and Scott Spector
Keith Haring Foundation
Con Edison
Alan Shuch and Leslie Himmel
Richard Reiss
Barker Welfare Foundation
Consulate General of the Netherlands
Dan W. Lufkin
Susan and Robert E. Klein
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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Help us present groundbreaking exhibitions and develop educational programs about our nation's history for more than 200,000 schoolchildren annually.
Welcome to History @ Home:
Online Learning from the New-York Historical Society!
Join New-York Historical educators online as they lead live, weekly, interactive U.S. history classes. Lessons are content-based, inquiry-driven, and thematically and developmentally appropriate for each grade served. Students study images, artifacts, and historical documents, and learn to think critically about the history of our nation.
All lessons are FREE. All you need is internet access and a device with the ability to connect to a Zoom meeting. Click session titles below to register to receive the class link.
All classes are at 10 am ET and run one hour
Kindergarten/First
History Explorers
| Oct 27 | Clothing Then and Now |
| Nov 3 | Play Then and Now |
| Nov 10 | Jobs Then and Now |
| Nov 17 | Cooking Then and Now |
| Dec 1 | Transportation Then and Now |
| Dec 8 | NYC Then and Now |
Second/Third
Junior Historians
| Oct 28 | Learning History with Images |
| Nov 4 | Learning to Read a Map |
| Nov 11 | Learning History with Maps |
| Nov 18 | Learning to Read a Document |
| Dec 2 | Learning History with Documents |
| Dec 9 | World's Fair |
Fourth/Fifth
New York and North America
| Oct 29 | Slavery in New York |
| Nov 5 | The American Revolution in New York |
| Nov 12 | New York, New Nation |
| Nov 19 | New York Divided |
| Dec 3 | Immigration |
| Dec 10 | Chinese Exclusion |
Secondary
New York and the Nation
| Oct 30 | The American Revolution in New York |
| Nov 6 | New York, New Nation |
| Nov 13 | Opening the American West |
| Nov 20 | The Underground Railroad |
| Dec 4 | New York and the Civil War |
| Dec 11 | Reconstruction |
