A Commitment to Innovative Learning

The NAHC is committed to providing resource tools for learning about New Amsterdam. One of the areas NAHC is developing are lesson plans that draw on the digital content NAHC is gathering in Mapping Early New York.

 

Additionally. we are sharing the following links that can be added to any educational plan.

Dutch Documents Collection at Mapping Early New York

Objects, Measures, and more!

Ship Journeys and stories of Shipwrecks

Curricula Downloads

Fourth Grade Curriculum

Survive and Thrive: Dutch Settlers in New Amsterdam

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Survive and Thrive: Dutch Settlers in New Amsterdam
These lessons will introduce fourth graders to the situation facing Peter Stuyvesant when he arrived in the Dutch colony. Using the online database and the Castello Plan, they will be able to experience what life was like as they meet his neighbors. They will learn what their everyday life was like, including their occupations, the role of women and the everyday struggles everyone faced. Finally, they will experience the government structure of the colony as they take part in a meeting to plan the rescue of one of their own.
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Historical Background Summary - Everyday Life

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Historical Background Summary - Everyday Life
Developed in conjunction with the demonstration fourth grade curriculum, produced by Diane Mallett and Mirla Morrison, under contract to American History Workshop. When teaching about daily life in Peter Stuyvesant’s time, fourth-grade students might find it interesting to consider the kinds of issues that would be immediately relevant to their age group. With this in mind, what follows are several questions that might be asked by children ages nine to ten with historically accurate answers that could be shared by the teacher.
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1609 Map

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609 Map
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Lower Mannahatta Ecological Communities

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Lower Mannahatta Ecological Communities
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Seventh Grade Curriculum

Justice, Courage, and Community: Dutch Settlers in New Amsterdam, circa 1641

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Justice, Courage and Community: Dutch Settlers in New Amsterdam, circa 1641
The 7th grade curriculum investigates the concepts of justice, courage, and community in the early Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam.
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A Historical Background Summary: “Justice for the Enslaved?”

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A Historical Background Summary: “Justice for the Enslaved?”
Developed in conjunction with the demonstration 7th-grade curriculum, produced by Mikki Shaw and Mirla Morrison, under contract to American History Workshop.
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Dispatches from New Amsterdam: Slavery and Christianity

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Dispatches from New Amsterdam: Slavery and Christianity
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Eleventh Grade Curriculum

Exploring New Amsterdam's Trade and Commerce: A Research Project

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New Amsterdam and Commerce
The 11th grade curriculum addresses how a New Amsterdam colony’s successful commercial society developed.
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A Historical Background Summary: “Imports and Exports — Outfitting Voyages”

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A Historical Background Summary: “Imports and Exports — Outfitting Voyages”
Developed in conjunction with the demonstration 11th-grade curriculum, produced by Greg Varley and Mirla Morrison, under contract to American History Workshop
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Other Video, Audio, and other Reference Materials from our Partners