IMMIGRATION, FAMILY BUSINESS, NEIGHBORHOOD.
A NEW YORK STORY.
| TEACHER'S GUIDE | |
| Introduction | |
| Lessons Overview | |
| The Great Migration | |
| Kleindeutschland-Little Germany | |
| Letters from America | |
| The Age of Improvement & Piano Production | |
| The United States in 1860 & A House Divided | |
| The Life Story of Piano 2166 & Family Stories | |
| Steinway Success | |
| Sales Agent Training Course | |
| Steinway Workers | |
| Steinway Village | |
| Educational Resources | |
| NYC History-General | |
| Immigration | |
| Population & Kleindeutschland-Little Germany | |
| The Age of Improvement & Piano Production | |
| Piano 2166 | |
| Steinway Workers, Steinway Village & Queens | |
| Schedule a Tour | |
| Ó 2001 La Guardia and Wagner Archives Web Designer: Kate Zou | |
Citizenship papers of Henny E. Steinway, Jr.
America Begins in New York: The Peopling of New York City. A Teachers’
Resource Manual on Immigration New York: New York City 100, The
New-York Historical Society and the Board of Education of the City of New York,
2000.
A guide for teaching NYC’s immigrant heritage to students at the elementary,
middle and high school levels. Actual lesson plans introduce students to the use
of primary and secondary souces. Information about City’s past and present
population is provided, using maps, graphs, tables and pie charts. Timelines and
a glossary are also provided, along with a bibliography with an extensive
listing of websites.
Flanders, Stephen A. Atlas of American Migration. New York: Facts On File, 1998.
Ellis Island National Monument http://www.nps.gov/elis/index.htm
The National Park Service website for Ellis Island, with a history of the site, and information about visits and research. Click on "For Kids" to learn about student tours. A "Pre-Visit Activities" booklet is available online for teachers and students in grades 4-8.