Education
Discover dynamic education programs and curriculum resources about the history of our city, state, and nation.
Welcome to History @ Home:
Online Learning from the New-York Historical Society!
Join New-York Historical educators online as they lead live, weekly, interactive U.S. history classes. Lessons are content-based, inquiry-driven, and thematically and developmentally appropriate for each grade served. Students study images, artifacts, and historical documents, and learn to think critically about the history of our nation.
All lessons are FREE. All you need is internet access and a device with the ability to connect to a Zoom meeting. Click session titles below to register to receive the class link.
Morning sessions begin at 10 am ET and afternoon sessions begin at 1 pm ET. All classes run one hour.
Kindergarten/First
History Explorers
Jan 26 |
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Feb 2 |
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Feb 9 |
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Feb 16 |
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Feb 23 |
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Mar 2 |
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Mar 9 |
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Mar 16 |
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Mar 23 |
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Second/Third
Junior Historians
Jan 27 |
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Feb 3 |
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Feb 10 |
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Feb 17 |
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Feb 24 |
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Mar 3 |
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Mar 10 |
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Mar 17 |
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Mar 24 |
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Fourth/Fifth
New York and North America
Jan 28 |
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Feb 4 |
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Feb 11 |
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Feb 18 |
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Feb 25 |
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Mar 4 |
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Mar 11 |
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Mar 18 |
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Mar 25 |
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Secondary
New York and the Nation
Jan 29 |
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Feb 5 |
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Feb 12 |
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Feb 19 |
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Feb 26 |
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Mar 5 |
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Mar 12 |
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Mar 19 |
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Mar 26 |
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