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Book Reviews
          Teachers who participate in the New York and the World Institute for graduate credit are required to write a review on a book relevant to the teaching of world history. The following are some of those submissions.
         

          From Ellis Island to JFK: New York's Two Great Waves of Immigration - Nancy Foner
Reviewed by Mary Devane, Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua, NY

 

        Guns, Germs and Steel- Jared Diamond
Reviewed by Katherine Kenny, Richmond Hill High School, Queens, NY

 

        The Venture of Islam, Conscience and History in a World Civilization, Volume 3, The Gunpowder Empires and Modern Times -Marshall G.S. Hodson
Reviewed by Judith Zampella, Susan E. Wagner High School, Staten Island, NY

 

       Silk and Religion: An Exploration of Material Life and the Thought of People, AD 600-1200 - Tom Witmer

 


Museum Research Projects

        Teachers who participate in the New and the World Institute for graduate credit are required to visit one New York City cultural institution to examine how the resources of that institution can best be used to enrich student understandings. The visits are then followed by a lesson designed around a specific student project. The following are some of those submissions.

       Learning about public Architecture
       Mary Devane, Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua, NY

 

Developing Document Based Questions (DBQ's)

     
Easy Ways to Develop Thematic and Document Based Questions
     
George Gonzales, Susan E.Wagner High School, Staten Island, NY.


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