The Hudson River

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The Hudson River Journey into Inquiry

• Jill Leinung, Library Media Specialist
• Linda Kaminski, Gr. 1
• Green Meadow Elementary School
• Castleton, New York

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The journey begins
with an idea,
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curriculum,

• My Community Local Region
• Different events, people, problems and ideas make
  up my communitys history.
• Monuments and important places are located in my
  neighborhood.
• Communities are connected economically and
  geographically.
• People exchange elements of their cultures.

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student interest,
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and colleague(s) to collaborate with on the
adventure.
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Start with a question

• What do we want our students inquiring
• minds look like and what will they be able
• to do at the end of the journey?
• - critical thinkers problem solvers
• - higher level questioners

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Our students will be able to

• Identify what they already know
• Identify questions beginning with 5 Ws and moving
  beyond
• Understand the use of a variety of sources to
  find answers
• Choose and use resources independently
• Record new learning
• Collaborate and work cooperatively
• Real world connections
• Continue to question beyond the project

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Collect a variety of resources including

• Books
• Maps
• Posters, photographs
• On-line sources
• Presenters (school visits, field trips, etc.)
• Outside sources (Albany Visitors Center, Albany
  Institute of History and Art, Teaching the Hudson
  Valley Summer Workshops, C-Most, etc.)

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River of Dreams The Story of the Hudson Riverby
Hudson Talbott
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Bird, Butterfly, Eelby James Prosek
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Snapshots of our Hudson River Journey

• Introduce Hudson River
• Hudson River Power Point
• New York State map (including satellite view,
  i.e. Google Earth)
• Hudson River (shower curtain hands on)

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The Story of the Hudson River
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Trading with the Mahicans
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Henry Hudson the Hudson River

• New Learning Facts
• If I Were on the Half Moon
• Inquiry Questions
• Half Moon in a Bottle

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Exploring the Hudson

• Hands on exploration Henry Hudson, Wildlife
  along the Hudson River
• Robert Juets Journal Places the Half Moon
  anchored
• Trading with the Mahicans

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Monarch Inquiry Research
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Mahicans Grinding Corn
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Three Sister Planting
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Beaver Poster Reading
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Reading Posters and Recording in Student Fact
Files
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Highlighting Resources for Beaver Fact Finding
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Beaver Model Fact Flip Books
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St. Nicholas Day the Dutch

• Bakers Dozen , shoes cookies
• Night Before Christmas

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Guided Student Questions
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Hudson River Bird Studies
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Winter Bird Feeding
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Hudson River WildlifeIndependent Inquiry
Investigations
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Inquiry Learning Binders and Mystery Seeds
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Lined Sea Horse
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Hudson River Experience

• Where we plan on going from here
• C-Most
• Norrie Point
• Columbia County Water and Soil Conservancy

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As with all journeysthere are always surprises
so

• Be ready for the twists and turns
• Embrace the student generated surprises they
  usually turn out to be the best learning
  experiences for you, too!
• Be flexible
• Keep your eyes open for new ideas, resources to
  add to the project
• Take a camera to record the sights
• Have fun!