Arts-In-Education Exploratory Enrichment

BOCES ARTS-IN-EDUCATION / EXPLORATORY ENRICHMENT
PROGRAM DETAILS



Program Title
Become a Spy @ The Brewster House, 1665
 
Provider Name
The Ward Melville Heritage Org.
 
Deborah Boudreau

Stony Brook , NY 11790
Phone:
631-751-2244
Email:
educationmanager@wmho.org
Website:
www.wmho.org
Program Description
Why was New York the birthplace of the Culper Spy Ring? Bring your students to the historic Brewster House to find out. This living history experience is set in 1776, after the Battle of Long Island. Students will meet Rebecca Brewster, who unbeknownst to her has neighbors who turned to espionage to assist General Washington. During their conversation with Rebecca, students will learn about life on Long Island under British occupation, hunt for a coded message, and venture to ask Rebecca the question: is she willing to become a spy? Students explore the motivations for the American Revolution and explore multiple perspectives- Patriots, Loyalists, women, the enslaved, and Native Americans - to reflect upon how freedom and revolution sometimes meant different things to different groups of people.
 
Categories
Social Studies, Drama (TH) ,
 


Additional Resources 
There are no evaluations available for this program.

Program Recommendations
Grades
4,5,6,7,8,9



See Video  
Arts Standards
1,2,3,4


Other Standards 
SS



Curriculum Connections 
Social Studies , NY State / Long Island , ,



Culturally Responsive 
1,2



Cost 
Cost Single: $10/student
Cost Multiple:


Duration
60 minutes