Living History: Schools in Reconstruction

Sat Dec 15, 2018 - Sun Dec 16, 2018
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Repeating every days through December 16, 2018.
Various times
Age: All
Price: Free with museum admission
Location:
New York Historical Society and DiMenna Children’s History Museum
170 Central Park West at 77th Street, New York, NY,
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Arrive on time and ready to learn! In conjunction with the museum's exhibition Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow, Living Historians portraying African American school teachers from the Reconstruction era welcome kids to their ‘classroom’ all weekend long.

Practice lettering skills on a 19th-century writing slate, explore the books and other subjects taught at African American schools in New York, and learn about schools for and teachers of recently freed people in the South that increased their opportunity to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. After you’ve completed your lesson, find out how student work was graded 150 years ago!

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