The Electronic Schoolhouse/La Escuela Electronica
The Electronic Schoolhouse is a bilingual educational resource
from the New York State Archives, the Archives Partnership Trust, and
Time Warner that focuses on using historical records as learning tools
in elementary, middle and secondary education. Classroom teachers developed
the content to correlate with the New York State Learning Standards.
Available in English and Spanish, The Electronic Schoolhouse examines the Latino experience in New York through photographs, letters, broadsides, flyers, and more dating from 1861 to the present. Introductory videos explain how teachers can use such primary sources in their classrooms and the kinds of institutions that care for these one-of-a-kind materials.
Nine institutions from around the state (see below) contributed their documents to this project to bring a Latino perspective to events on the local, state and national levels.
The documents are organized by topics selected to correlate to New York’s learning standards: immigration, labor unions, biography, civil rights, culture, urbanization, etc. Those with an (*) include historical background information, focus questions, the appropriate learning standards and key ideas, a historical challenge, interdisciplinary activities, and a list of additional resources. Some documents include multiple pages; these carry a link to a printable PDF.
The "Build Your Own Worksheet" option allows you to print a worksheet for each image. You can select or deselect exactly what information you want to accompany the image. For example, you can choose to print a soldier’s World War I service card with the caption, historical background information, questions, and other information that is provided. Or, you can customize the printout by including only certain portions of the information from the website. You can also edit and/or write in your own caption, historical background information, and questions for each image.
The Electronic Schoolhouse combines historical records and
technology to promote the development of critical thinking skills (analyzing
and interpreting information), reading and writing skills, understanding
historical content and context, and may be used for a range of purposes
for foreign language, English as a second language and bilingual education
proficiency.
Sources of Documents:
New York State Archives
Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños/Center
for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, CUNY
New York City Department
of Records and Information Services
Cornell University
Hofstra University (Long
Island)
Hostos Community College (the
Bronx)
Dominican Studies Institute
at City College (CUNY)
Onondaga Historical Association (Syracuse)
Rochester Museum and Science Center -
Latino Alliance Partnership
Project Development:
Lead Educator, Research and Content Development
Susan Owens: GROW Education Consultants and retired Social Studies Chair, East Greenbush Central School District, East Greenbush, NY
Lesson Development:
Deborah Escobar, Guilderland Central School District, Guilderland,
NY
Thomas Hall, Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music, Bronx, NY
José Luis Pacanowski, Liberty High School, New York, NY
Cesaera Pirrone, Schenectady City School District, Schenectady, NY
J. Félix Sánchez, Liberty High School, New York, NY
Lee Sellinger, Charlottesville, VA
Editors:
Jeanne Finley
Jessica Fisher Neidl
Proof Readers:
Tatiana Salinas - Spanish
James Simpson - English
Translation:
Olga I. Sanabria
Video:
New York Network, State University of New York
Dr. Kristi Fragnoli, The College of St. Rose, Albany, NY
Pedro Juan Hernández, Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter
College, New York, NY
Website Design
Nancy McKiernan http://www.charlesstreetstudio.com/
New York State Archives:
Julie Daniels, project coordinator
Michelle Arpey, website development and oversight
Colin Miller, web application development
Beth Thorpe, editorial and research assistant – website development
Heather Bolander-Smith, website development
Monica Gray, editorial assistant - translation
Josie Madison, editorial assistant
Pamela Cooley, research assistant
David P. Brown, scanning and data entry
Anthony Mattrazzo, technical support
To report technical problems with this web site, please contact the New York State Archives at ARCHINFO@mail.nysed.gov