Immigration, Migration, and Race Relations

New York City Study Tour

Orientation MeetingTsongas Industrial History Center

March 26, 2009

Meeting Agenda and Goals

Yankees and Immigrants Workshop Trip Overview and Required Project Resources and Classroom

Applications Reading Discussion

Introductions

Teacher Participants University of Massachusetts Lowell

Tour Facilitators: Professor Pat Fontaine Professor Bob Forrant John Wren

EF Tours

Tour Overview and ItineraryArrival and Departure

Sunday April 19, 2009Departure from Reading Memorial High School, 6:45 a.m.

o Wednesday April 22, 2009 Arrival back at Reading Memorial

High School, approximately 5:30 p.m.

Hotel Information

Ameritania Hotel230 W 54th Street

New York, NY 212-247-5000

http://www.ameritaniahotelnewyork.com

Tour Overview and ItineraryDay 1: Sunday April 19, 2009

Morning: Bus Trip to New York City Free time for lunch Broadway Show: In the Heights (matinee) Big Onion Walking Tour of

Chinatown Dinner as a group

Tour Overview and ItineraryDay 2: Monday April 20, 2009

Breakfast as a group Ferry to Ellis Island: Ellis Island tour, film, and exploration Free time for lunch Tenement Museum: “Getting By” tour Group discussion at the Tenement Museum

Tour Overview and ItineraryDay 3: Tuesday April 21, 2009

Breakfast as a group El Museo del Barrio: visit, tour, and

workshop Free time for lunch Big Onion Harlem History walking tour Apollo Theatre: visit and tour Free time for dinner

Tour Overview and ItineraryDay 4: Wednesday April 22, 2009

Breakfast as a group Slavery in New York, New York

Historical Society: visit, tour, and workshop

Free time for lunch, near Central Park

Return to Reading

What Is Included?

Bus transportation Hotel stays Walking tours, site visits, In the

Heights Subway pass Breakfast (Mon. – Wed.) Dinner (Sunday and Tuesday)

What Is Not Included?

Breakfast on Sunday Lunches Dinner on Monday Beverages Tips for local guides (optional)

Packing

o One small-midsize suitcase Carry-on for the bus Comfortable walking shoes Rain coat/umbrella Jacket

Study Tour Assignment

Required for all participants, 32 PDPs1. Daily Journal Entries: What enduring

understandings and ideas did you gain from today’s tours, visits and discussions? How will you bring these back to the classroom?

2. Choose One of the Following:1. Two-day lesson plan2. WebQuest3. Audio-visual movie4. PowerPoint presentation5. Wiki6. Podcast

Three Weeks to Go!

Review site websites Review project options Visit

http://encountersexchangesnyc.wikispaces.com/

Reminders regarding departure Any questions?