New-York Historical Society Teen Historians

When I was little, the Civil War era fascinated me. I poured over pictures of men in uniforms and women in hoop skirts, and I devoured historical fiction featuring young girls in the Confederate South. I learned that the South seceded because they wanted the right to own slaves, and that the North, land of…

Ration tokens, “Red Points” 2002.1.4667 Many of us had our first experience with rationing during Hurricane Sandy this year. Lines for gasoline were hours long and were restricted to certain days, and grocery deliveries were unable to be filled. While this was the first semblance of rationing that has occurred in the United States in…

“The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking…the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.” – Albert Einstein   As many of you may know nuclear weaponry is very destructive. Ever since the creation of the atomic bomb,…

            Many Americans are familiar, at least in part, with The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, a short story by Washington Irving. It was published in 1820 in a collection of short stories called The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon. Taking place in the small town of Sleepy Hollow (in New York), the…

One day, I walked into my American History class, tired just like any other teenagers and just like on any other days. The first thing I saw was an object that looked like a projector. Then I remembered what Mr. Barry, my American History teacher, had told the class the day before; we are going…

As New Yorkers, Nueva York is not really new to the eyes. We know where it comes from…but we don’t really know how it came about. Well, you may simply say, “Spanish people or Latinos.” And the truth is, either of those answers would be correct. A cool fact about New York is the long…

Let Freedom Ring – Flocabulary Rap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xPqiBd_xIw   “Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can’t ride you unless your back is bent.”  These are the words of Martin Luther King Jr.  It’s…

Meet the Student Historians 2012-13! (video) Get to know the Academic Year 2012-13 Student Historians at the New-York Historical Society by watching this short video! We are excited to have them here conducting research on our vast museum & library collection. They will be sharing bits of their research and experience on this blog over…

The Summer 2012 Student Historians presented their research and their creative projects to a captive audience of parents, teachers, and fellow students last Thursday at the New-York Historical Society. Projects included: interactive hands-on presentations to teach the Gilded Age, political figures in NYC, WWI-WWII, and disasters in NYC; an original documentary on the early military…