Forever Wild: The Adirondacks in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

FAIN: BH-261645-18

SUNY Research Foundation, College at Cortland (Cortland, NY 13045-0900)
Kevin B. Sheets (Project Director: February 2018 to March 2022)
Randi Jill Storch (Co Project Director: August 2018 to March 2022)

Two one-week workshops for 72 school teachers using the Adirondacks to explore the interconnections of urban and wilderness environments in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America.

Forever Wild: The Adirondacks in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era is a collaborative effort providing an unparalleled opportunity for teachers to investigate the late 19th century and early 20th century period from the unique perspective of the wilderness.

Associated Products

Should "Child' Play" Include a Little Danger? The Progressive-era roots of the ‘adventure playground’ movement (Article)
Title: Should "Child' Play" Include a Little Danger? The Progressive-era roots of the ‘adventure playground’ movement
Author: Kevin B. Sheets
Author: Randi Storch
Abstract: The contemporary enthusiasm for adventure playgrounds, where children get to experience "dangerous play," has its parallels in the progressive era. In both periods, wild environments (the Adirondack wilderness or suburban adventure playscapes built on abandoned industrial sites) were thought to be antidotes to the urbane or protected environments that sheltered late nineteenth century men and women and 21st century children of helicopter parents. Yet, these adventure playscapes, like the Adirondack camps created by wealthy industrialists in the latter nineteenth century, offered the illusion of wilderness, but they were themselves carefully crafted spaces that mitigated danger.
Year: 2018
Primary URL: https://publicseminar.org/2018/12/should-childs-play-include-a-little-danger/
Primary URL Description: Public Seminar website
Access Model: open access
Format: Other
Publisher: Public Seminar

K-12 Teachers Offered An Adirondack Experience Through NEH Grant (Article)
Title: K-12 Teachers Offered An Adirondack Experience Through NEH Grant
Author: Kevin B. Sheets
Author: Randi Storch
Abstract: K-12 teachers, through a National Endowment for the Humanities grant, spend a week exploring Adirondack history and the meaning of wilderness during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.
Year: 2018
Primary URL: https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2018/12/k-12-teachers-offered-an-adirondack-experience-through-neh-grant.html
Access Model: open source
Format: Other
Periodical Title: The Adirondack Almanack
Publisher: The Adirondack Almanack

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