Arts-In-Education Exploratory Enrichment

BOCES ARTS-IN-EDUCATION / EXPLORATORY ENRICHMENT
PROGRAM DETAILS



Program Title
Vehicles for Change: Elizabeth Jennings and the Fight For Equality on NYCs Streetcars
 
Provider Name
Long Island Museum
 
Lisa Unander

Stony Brook , NY 11790
Phone:
631-751-0066
Email:
lunander@longislandmuseum.org
Website:
www.longislandmuseum.org
Program Description
Elizabeth Jennings and The Fight for Equality on NYC’s Streetcars How do we change unjust systems? Students will learn about Elizabeth Jennings and her fight for equal access on public transportation in New York City in the mid-1800s. Students will explore museum artifacts, analyze historic documents and examine the museum’s 1885 streetcar to understand the importance of transportation within communities and the role it has played in social justice movements. To supplement this program, the museum will provide a classroom copy of one of the following books for a pre-visit study: Grades 4-6 Lizzie Demands a Seat!: Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights by Beth Anderson. Grades 7-8 Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York by Amy Hill Hearth.
 
Categories
Social Studies, ,
 


Additional Resources 
There are no evaluations available for this program.

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



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Arts Standards
3,4


Other Standards 



Curriculum Connections 
Social Studies , Social Justice/Advocacy , ,



Culturally Responsive 
1,3



Cost 
Cost Single: $175
Cost Multiple:


Duration
120 minutes