The Ward Melville Heritage Organization

Windows Through Time:
Journals of American Revolutionary War Spies!

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Engage your students in The Ward Melville Heritage Organization's (WMHO) literacy based distance learning program about America's first successful spy ring. Utilizing two-way videoconferencing, our instructor dressed in period costume of Anna Smith Strong (a spy ring member), interacts with the students while presenting material on the actual workings of this top-secret spy ring.

Your students will need all of their reading skills to learn about the methods and motivations of spies on Long Island and in New York City during the American Revolution as they create their Spy Design--an espionage plan that they will develop as a team from the pre-activity kit sent to the classroom teacher.

Our instructor will engage students while remaining in character and will use a variety of maps, photographs and documents to illustrate how the Setauket spy ring functioned. Invisible writing, mask letters and codes will be demonstrated as methods of communication among the spy ring members and each team of students will have time for presentation of their Spy Design.

Participant schools will have access to WMHO's WebGuide, which includes pre and post activities that can be used as a class or by the individual student. As in WMHO's other distance learning programs, Windows Through Time is aligned to NYS Learning Standards and the National Standards of Education.

PROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS
Level: Grades 4-7
Format: Remote students connect with our instructor
Duration: 45 minutes
Fee: $150 (remote school places the call)
Location: Your own classroom

CONNECTIVITY: ISDN 256kbps or IP

Program made possible through a grant from Verizon

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