CANCELLED — Chancellor's Day PL for Educators: A Coastal History of Brooklyn
Oyster beds, salt marshes, and tidal inlets. Casinos, roller-coasters, and brothels. Factories, ferries, and bridges.The eclectic history of Brooklyn’s waterfront doesn’t just reflect the borough’s diverse and hard-nosed history; it has shaped it from Lenapehoking to the present day.
NYC Educators are invited to join the Center for Brooklyn History (CBH) for a Professional Learning event on “A Coastal History of Brooklyn.” CBH Chief Historian Dominique Jean-Louis will give a lecture on the environmental, social, cultural, and economic history of Brooklyn’s waterfront. Jean-Louis will explore this story of Lenape stewardship, European colonization, industrialization, immigration, radical experimentation, and commercial development.
Educators will then explore maps from the Center for Brooklyn History collection in the Othmer Library, including Bernard Ratzer’s pre-revolutionary survey map of New York and “Brookland’s” beaches, swamps, and streams. CBH educators will finish the day with an introduction to a new curriculum on the waterways of Gowanus creek and the natural geography of Brooklyn.
The PL event will cost $35, inclusive of breakfast and lunch, and will run from 8.30am to 3.30pm. Attending educators will be eligible for 7 CTLE credits.
Oyster beds, salt marshes, and tidal inlets. Casinos, roller-coasters, and brothels. Factories, ferries, and bridges.The eclectic history of Brooklyn’s waterfront doesn’t just reflect the borough’s diverse and hard-nosed history; it has shaped it from Lenapehoking to the present day.
NYC Educators are invited to join the Center for Brooklyn History (CBH) for a Professional Learning event on “A Coastal History of Brooklyn.” CBH Chief Historian Dominique Jean-Louis will give a lecture on the environmental, social, cultural, and economic history of Brooklyn’s waterfront. Jean-Louis will explore this story of Lenape stewardship, European colonization, industrialization, immigration, radical experimentation, and commercial development.
Educators will then explore maps from the Center for Brooklyn History collection in the Othmer Library, including Bernard Ratzer’s pre-revolutionary survey map of New York and “Brookland’s” beaches, swamps, and streams. CBH educators will finish the day with an introduction to a new curriculum on the waterways of Gowanus creek and the natural geography of Brooklyn.
The PL event will cost $35, inclusive of breakfast and lunch, and will run from 8.30am to 3.30pm. Attending educators will be eligible for 7 CTLE credits.
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