STEINWAY:
IMMIGRATION, FAMILY BUSINESS, NEIGHBORHOOD.
A NEW YORK STORY
.| BACK TO STEINWAY CURRICULUM | |
| 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 | |
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TEACHERS’ GUIDE An Overview of Lessons with Suggested Educational Resources by |
 Oldest known Steinway piano, built in 1836. | |
| Each year the La Guardia and Wagner Archives produces
a Fourth Grade local-history curriculum for New York City
schoolchildren. This guide accompanies the 2001 curriculum. The
story of the Steinway family, their business, and the "company town"
they built illustrate larger themes in the nineteenth-century
history of our city and country. These themes include immigration
and family history; labor, technology and the rise of modern
industry; the westward expansion of the nation; and slavery and the
coming of the Civil War. The focal point of all these lessons is a
musical instrument: the piano. Lessons and exercises incorporating
primary documents, artifacts and photographs will introduce students
to the tools and methodology of history. Exercises build reading,
writing, math, graph and map skills. We offer Educational
Resources - books, websites, and other suggestions - to
enrich your exploration of these topics with your students.
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