Use the resources page to discover more about the history of your town. Kids can search for their home state and use the resources presented to learn about everything from early settlers, to the native people who once called their area home. Looking for ideas about how to get kids involved in volunteerism in your community? Find them here! Choose a lesson plan in each category by selecting the corresponding drop-down menu. Lead students through exercises involving everything from evaluating their town's economy, to writing a poem inspired by their community, to planning the construction of a local park! Early New York Trail of Discovery (Grades 4-8) Find the Oldest (Grades 4-8) Fight for Freedom (Grades 4-8) You Make the Rules (Grades 4-8) History or Mis-story (Grades 4-8) Paving the Way (Grades 4-8) Engineer a Solution (Grades 5-8) Coming to America Who Was Here? (Grades 4-8) Raise a New Torch (Grades 5-8) Stowaway? (Grades 5-8) Building the Big Apple Plan a Park (Grades 5-8) What's it Say Today? (Grades 4-8) United We Stand? (Grades 4-8) Unplugged! (Grades 4-8) People Movers (Grades 4-8) Find the Tallest (Grades 6-8) Arts & Entertainment Get the Word Out (Grades 4-8) Poetry of the City (Grades 4-8) What's the Cost? (Grades 4-8) Being Heard (Grades 4-8) Click! (Grades 5-8) Good Old Days (Grades 4-8) On With the Show! (Grades 4-8) Sing the Blues (Grades 4-8) Talk Back (Grades 4-8) Business & Politics Quiz the Biz (Grades 4-8) Draw it Out (Grades 5-8) Get Rich Quick! (Grades 4-8) Smart Art (Grades 5-8) Play the Market (Grades 5-8) Connection to the Past (Grades 4-8) The Inside Story (Grades 5-8) New York Living Neighborhood Portrait (Grades 4-8) The Melting Pot (Grades 4-8) Epidemic! (Grades 4-8)
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