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Greetings from the State Coordinator
Greetings!
It is my absolute pleasure to announce that the New York State Historical Association is co-sponsoring a quadricentennial essay contest with the Royal Netherlands Embassy for this school year.
Full details are in the article below, but I want to make sure you know that the contest will be run in conjunction with New York State History Day. In other words, students are allowed to use the same research for the essay contest and their History Day projects. This is a great way for students to get their scholarship into more than one competition.
To help teachers and students embark on their study of New Netherland, the embassy reprinted 300 issues of the October 2007 Cobblestone Magazine. This issue is jam packed with articles and activities relating to the birth of New York State and its early settlement by the Dutch. I am very impressed by the detailed information it contains, including brief biographies of key INDIVIDUALS in New Netherland HISTORY and a suggested reading list.
To get a FREE copy, contact the Royal Netherlands Embassy at: was-ppc@minbuza.nl. Write "Cobblestone Magazine" in the subject line, and please include your contact information (name, mailing address, email, phone) in the body of the email.
Wishing you all a happy month of history!
Best wishes,
Tobi Voigt |
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Announcing Legacies of New Netherland: A New York State Quadricentennial Essay Contest
 Students in grades 4-12 are invited to celebrate New York State's 400th birthday by investigating its early colonial history and developing an engaging historical essay.
During the 2008-2009 school year, students have the opportunity to research early New York's Dutch history and write about the Dutch roots of three American cultural traditions:
- Religious tolerance
- Freedom of speech
- New York as a center of world trade
Competition is open to New York State public, private, parochial and home-schooled students divisions:
- Elementary - Grades 4-5
- Junior - Grades 6-8
- Senior - Grades 9-12
One winner will be chosen from five finalists in each division. Winners in each division will receive:
- $500 cash prize
- Set of books on the Dutch colony of New Netherland for his or her school library.
The essay contest is co-sponsored by the New York State Historical Association and the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Washington D.C.
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Teachers: Buy Quality Exhibit Boards from New York State History Day!
 New York State History Day is pleased to provide schools, teachers, and students the opportunity to purchase high-quality exhibit boards for a low cost.
Created by a cardboard box manufacturer in Minnesota, the boards meet National History Day size requirements, are made out of durable corrugated cardboard, and sell in packs for ten for $8.00 each. An optional title board can be purchased for $2.00 each.
Unlike the typical science fair boards that can be purchased at office supply stores, these exhibit boards have proportional panels and more height. This creates a more balanced display of images, sources and text.
The double-thick, corrugated boards are 48 inches tall and 72 inches wide, and folded so that there are 23.5 inch wide side panels and a 25 inch wide center panel. Optional title panels extend to the maximum 40 inch width allowed by History Day rules and are 10 inches tall.
These boards are shipped to you directly from the manufacturer in Minnesota. In order to bring them to you at such a low cost, boards and title panels must be ordered in packs of 10.
The good news is the price for the 10 packs of boards and/or title panels includes all shipping and handling fees.
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National Archives-NY and NYSHD: A Perfect Team!
 Hey Teachers! The National Archives-New York offers short, informational sessions on how to best prepare students for success in the local contests. In these workshops teachers will:
- Learn more about primary sources.
- Discover how to locate and use primary sources from the National Archives' holdings.
- Participate in document analysis activities to increase critical thinking and research skills.
- Understand the research process and the importance of citing records properly.
- Review the "key impact" to determine the relevance of certain primary sources to the research topic.
- Brainstorm issues to share with students for topics relating to the 2009 theme "The Individual in History."
They offer these free workshops in the fall and spring. To learn more about upcoming workshops, please call toll-free at 866-840-1752 or e-mail newyork.archives@nara.gov.
Hey Students! The National Archives-New York offers a wealth of primary sources that can make student projects
successful on competition day. The National Archives can show you how to:
If you would like to schedule a researcher orientation or talk to an archivists, call toll-free at 1-866-840-1752 or e-mail newyork.archives@nara.gov.
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Program Links
New York State
History Day
National History Day
That History Day Guy
John Buchinger
That History Day Gal
Tobi Voigt
Program Sponsor
New York State Historical Association
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