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DESCRIPTION:We invite you to attend a professional learning workshop about 
 Seneca Village\, the predominantly African American community that the cit
 y displaced in 1857 during the construction of Central Park. Educators of 
 all disciplines and grades are welcome! Explore how object and place-based
  learning can engage young people to see deeply\, think critically\, and b
 uild freely. This workshop is especially useful for educators teaching Afr
 ican American history\, New York City history\, sociology\, biology\, and 
 archaeology.In the morning you will learn about the ongoing archaeological
  investigation of Seneca Village—what artifacts reveal about residents’ in
 teractions with the Village environment. Cynthia Copeland\, adjunct facult
 y member at New York University Steinhardt and co-director of the Institut
 e for the Exploration of Seneca Village History\, will lead this session. 
 Next\, see place-based learning in practice with a historian-led walking t
 our of Central Park’s Seneca Village site and take away a clearer understa
 nding of what life was like for those who called it home.After lunch\, joi
 n a dialogue between high school history teacher Lizzie Martin and one of 
 her students from Bronx International High School to discuss the ways youn
 g people like to learn\, including how to adapt this content into a lesson
  plan. Close the day with a social justice pedagogy workshop that presents
  principles you can apply to teaching about New York’s African American co
 mmunities\, led by Rajeeyah Finnie-Myers\, director of professional develo
 pment at the DreamYard Project. This workshop is curated by Carla Repice\,
  senior manager of education\, engagement and interpretation at Bard Gradu
 ate Center.Bard Graduate Center is a certified CTLE sponsor with the New Y
 ork State Department of Education. All eligible educators receive five CTL
 E credits for the workshop hours upon completion.Bard Graduate Center requ
 ires full proof of vaccination and photo identification to enter its campu
 s. Guests are required to wear masks regardless of vaccination status. The
  historian-led walking tour of Central Park’s Seneca Village site will be 
 held rain or shine.Attendees will be required to eat off campus and provid
 e their own lunch. A map of nearby eateries will be provided.This professi
 onal learning workshop series is held in conjunction with the Lab for Teen
  Thinkers public humanities program\, the Institute for the Exploration of
  Seneca Village History\, and the Central Park Conservancy. Over the past 
 thirty years\, many scholars\, students\, and interested New Yorkers have 
 worked to unearth the history of Seneca Village and the experiences of its
  residents from archives and artifacts. The Lab for Teen Thinkers builds u
 pon that research and shares insights with community audiences through dig
 ital exhibitions and walking tours. See Seneca Village for yourself throug
 h the Central Park Conservancy’s virtual and guided walking tours\, educat
 ional resources\, field trips\, oral histories and exhibitions. Visit the 
 Park’s Seneca Village site to learn more.The professional learning worksho
 p about Seneca Village was made possible through the generous support of t
 he Pinkerton Foundation.
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SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: CANCELED—Seneca Village Professional Learning
  Workshop for Educators
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