Foundations of Our Nation: Liberty State Park and the Hudson Bay Area

FAIN: BH-301342-24

Rutgers University (Piscataway, NJ 08854-8045)
Jack K. Tchen (Project Director: February 2024 to present)

Two one-week residential workshops for 70 K-12 educators on the histories and cultures of the Hudson River estuary.

Rutgers University, the Ramapough Culture and Land Foundation and Liberty State Park will support two identical week-long workshops for seventy grades 5-12 educators, librarians, curriculum consultants/supervisors, museum educators, and administrators to explore the histories, cultures, and science of the Coastal and Land Area in and around Liberty State Park. In addition to readings and visiting scholar presentations, indigenous knowledge bearer conversations, our workshop will use the Liberty State Park itself as a classroom, with visits to coastal landmarks, historic waterfront areas, and significant areas in and around the harbor to support lesson plan development in advance of the Quarter Millennial.