1. NYSAIS Workshop Day Plan
TIME ACTIVITY
9 am Welcome and Introductions
9:15 am to
10 am
Tour of the Museum
10 to
11 am
WTL: Exploring the meaning of hotels in Jacksonian America.
Case Study: MVHM (Sandoval-Strausz reading & MVHM ads)
11 am to
noon
WTL: Travelogues: Writing/Reading about History through Travel
Case Studies: Fanny Trollope & James Stuart-- 19th Century
Travel Writers
Noon to
1 pm
Lunch in the Neighborhood
1 to
2:30 pm
Museum Label Project: Participants pick an object from the
museum. Using the label model and project guide, teachers
research and compose a label which contextualizes and
describes the object. (Class activity that can be replicated upon a
MVHM visit.)
2:30 to
3 pm
Presentation of Labels
3 pm Farewells