The Ward Melville Heritage Organization is proud to offer state-of-the-art technology by featuring videoconferencing programs in Coastal Ecology, History and Literacy.
Through this latest technology, WMHO focuses on the national educational
commitment
of "No Child Left Behind" by reaching out to children across the globe regardless
of
academic, geographical, or socio-economic limitations.
All programs are aligned to National and New York State Learning Standards and can be tailored to appropriate age levels.
The quality educational programs are taught by qualified instructors and are reimbursable through the Nassau and Suffolk BOCES Arts-In-Education Program.
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Running Scared, Running Free: Escape to the Promise Land The Ward Melville Heritage Organization (WMHO) is proud to present its newest distance learning program utilizing two-way video conferencing that allows students to 'travel back in time'. The distance learning program will engage students in an interactive discussion with an instructor who will portray a 'conductor' on the Underground Railroad. Our trained instructor will guide your students through an interactive discussion illustrating the divide in the country over the issue of slavery, as well as the function of the Underground Railroad. . |
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Changing Faces of War: The American Spirit Prevails Throughout generations, American involvement in war has taught us valuable
lessons about our country and about ourselves. Through the viewing
of a videotape of an intergenerational dialog among students and
veterans, the analysis of primary source documents and political
cartoons, and an interactive videoconference with an American veteran
of war, students will be led to an understanding of the American
Spirit as it is manifested in times of war, whether it be the era
of the American Revolution or in conflicts of today. |
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Electronic Explorations: The Salt Marsh Ecosystem Students who participate in this program can study a marine environment without ever leaving the classroom. This distance learning program utilizes two-way video conferencing and wireless technology to enable students outside our locale to "visit" and study the temperate salt marsh. Learn more... |
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Long Islanders: Original Inhabitants
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Windows
Through Time: Journals of American Revolutionary War Spies!
This distance learning program is based upon the actual workings of the Setauket Spy Ring (1778)
during the American Revolutionary War. Setauket, a little town on
the north shore of Long Island, is where the Setauket Spy Ring operated
by delivering secret messages to General George Washington about the
covert operations of the Redcoats. Using invisible writing, secret
codes and ciphers, this spy ring was never found out by the British,
in fact, its members were kept secret for over one hundred fifty years!
Join our instructor who will bring your class back to colonial times
and engage your students in both literacy and history with Windows
Through Time: Journals of American Revolutionary War Spies!! Learn
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