What would you do for your freedom?  

Imagine a world where escaping everything you have ever known was your only chance to truly live. Set just as the Fugitive Slave Act is passed, Students will meet a former slave named Carolina. Though the story of her life, students will have to figure out how she became free and the secret methods she uses to lead other slaves to their freedom. With the new act in place, Students will be challenged to design escape routes along the Underground Railroad!

Common Core Standard: WMHO supports NY State and Common Core Standard learning by creating rich virtual environment where students study and observe artifacts, primary sources, and participate in an exchange of ideas.

New York State Social Studies Standards
7.7b Enslaved African Americans resisted slavery in various ways in the 19th century. The abolitionist movement also worked to raise awareness of and generate resistance to the institution of slavery

Testimonial:

“It was so beautiful and educational – I loved it! My students were so engaged!” Jennifer Amaral, 4^th and 5^th grade teacher, Crestview Elementary School

Virtual Format:  WMHO digital platform include (and are not limited to) Zoom, Google Classroom and MS Teams. Please let us know your digital preferences and we will work with you.

Cost:  $160.00 for per session (a class is 30 students) & accompanying learning kit.  Boces Reimbursable.

Duration: 1 hr
Levels: Customized

Duration: 1 hr
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $160

Location: From our classroom to yours!
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Who were the Culper Spies? How did they successfully perform their acts of espionage?

Transport your students to the birthplace of American espionage by visiting the historic Brewster House in the year 1778 – Home and tavern of Joseph & Rebecca Brewster. Joseph may or may not know it, but all of his cousins and neighbors are spying for the General Washington as members of the Culper Spy Ring – including his cousin, whale-boatman Caleb Brewster! 

Students portray colonists and members of the Culper Spy Ring at the start of the British occupation in this Reader’s Theater performance! We imagine Joseph’s tavern on a fortuitous day when soldiers, spies and colonists all gather inside. The results?  An exciting mix of debate, espionage and the passing of secret messages!

Common Core Standards: WMHO supports Common Core Standard learning by creating rich virtual environment where students study and observe artifacts, primary sources, and participate in an exchange of ideas.

New York State Social Studies Standards: 4.3d Growing conflicts between England and the 13 colonies over issues of political and economic rights led to the American Revolution. New York played a significant role during the Revolution, in part due to its geographic location. 

Testimonial:

“This was a wonderful experience with a fantastic instructor who put forth great effort to engage the students and adapt a program to be done through the Google Meets virtual platform.” –Chris Merz, 4^th Grade Teacher, Winthrop Elementary

Cost:  $150.00 for 45-60 minute live session (30 or less students & accompanying learning kit; Boces Arts- in- Ed reimbursable

Contact: 631-751-2244

Duration: 1 hr
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $150

Location: From Your Classroom to Our’s
Address:

What are the components of the salt marsh food web and how do they interreact with one another? Why are salt marshes essential to the health of the Atlantic Ocean and Long Island Sound? 

Tucked into the heart of an 88-acre wetland preserve bordering the Long Island Sound, this STEM program immerses students in the marine sciences.   Along a virtual tour of the tidal salt marsh stream, students encounter a variety of unique animals and plants, learn their roles and unique adaptations. For a culminating activity students take on the identity of an organism in the marsh and its role in the salt marsh food web. 

Common Core Standards: WMHO supports Common Core Standard learning by creating rich virtual environment where students study and observe artifacts, primary sources, and participate in an exchange of ideas. 

Next Generation Science Standards:

LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

LS2.C: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning and Resilience

Duration: 60 minutes

Levels:  Customized K-12

Minimum: $150.00 per session (a class is 30 or less students). Boces Reimbursable.

Location: Broadcasting live from the Ernst Marine Conservation Center on West Meadow Creek, Stony Brook, NY

WMHO digital platforms include (and are not limited to) Zoom, Google Classroom and MS Teams. Please let us know your digital preferences and we will work with you.

Duration: 1
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $160

Location: The Ernst Marine Conservation Center from the comfort of your own home or classroom!
Address: Trustee’s Road, Stony Brook NY 11790

How did the Culper Spy Ring form? Why was Long Island its birthplace?  

Can your students successfully recruit Rebecca Brewster, innkeeper of the Brewster House in 1778, to join the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution?  As a group, we imagine becoming members of the Culper Spy Ring tasked with this mission by General George Washington, himself!

This virtual program, broadcasted live from the authentic Brewster House (c. 1665), promotes critical thinking, team work and dialogue. After all –  like many colonists at the time, Rebecca has mixed feelings about whether to rebel against the Crown or to stay loyal to it. Can your students convince her? Putting their own skills to the test, students will undergo a full exploration of the Brewster House (c. 1665) in search of clues and secret messages!

Common Core Standards: WMHO supports NY State and Common Core Standard learning by creating rich virtual environment where students study and observe artifacts, primary sources, and participate in an exchange of ideas

New York State Learning Standards: 4.3d  Students will examine New York’s geographic location relative to the other colonies, locate centers of Loyalist support, and examine the extent of the British occupation.

Testimonial:

“This was the best virtual program we have done this year. The instructor was great interacting with the students.  We loved that the instructor was actually inside the Brewster House house.  It was great to see the redcoat uniform hanging in the background!”  – Carrie O’Brien, 5^th Grade, Oxhead Elementary

Location: Broadcasting live from the Brewster House, 1665.  WMHO digital platform include (and are not limited to) Zoom, Google Classroom and MS Teams. Please let us know your digital preferences and we will work with you.

Cost:  $150.00 for 45-60 minute live session (30 or less students) & accompanying learning kit; Boces Arts-in-Ed Reimbursable

Contact: 631-751-2244

Duration: 1
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $150

Location: The Brewster House from the comfort of your own home or classroom!
Address:

Can you survive “living off the land” on Stony Brook’s West Meadow Creek?

Based on WMHO’s historic archaeological dig in 1960 that unearthed evidence of a 500 year old encampment of Algonquin-speaking peoples, students will be engaged in an interactive survival game!  They will be challenged with surviving on West Meadow Creek using- while also conserving!- the natural resources of the marsh to provide shelter, food and even medicine.

Common Core Standards: WMHO supports NY State and Common Core standard learning by creating rich learning environments where students study and observe artifacts, primary sources and participate in an exchange of ideas.

NY State Social Studies Learning Standards:  Native American groups, chiefly the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and Algonquian-speaking groups, inhabited the region that became New York State. These people interacted with the environment and developed unique cultures. (Standards: 1, 3, 5; Themes:  MOV, GEO, GOV)

Duration: 1 Hour

Levels:  Customized K-12

Minimum: $150.00 per session (a class is 30 or less students) Boces Reimbursable.

Location: Broadcasting live from the Ernst Marine Conservation Center on West Meadow Creek, Stony Brook, NY

WMHO digital platform include (and are not limited to) Zoom, Google Classroom and MS Teams. Please let us know your digital preferences and we will work with you.

Duration: 1
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $150

Location: West Meadow Creek from the comfort of your own home or classroom!
Address: For our classroom to yours!

What does your freedom mean to you?

Students will compare and contrast the role of freedom and education among three black men in Early American Long Island:  A black loyalist spy named Benjamin Whitecuff; a young slave named Simon Thompson, and James McCune Smith, the first African-American physician to hold a medical degree in the United States. 

Learning Standards

Broadcasting live from Long Island’s historic and environmental landmarks, WMHO supports NY State and Common Core Standard learning by creating rich virtual environment where students study and observe artifacts, primary sources, and participate in an exchange of ideas.

Cost:  $125.00 for digital series and accompanying activity kit.   Access up to 14 days. BOCES Arts-in-Education reimbursable.

Duration: 1
Levels: Customized
Minimum Program Fee: $125
Teacher Fee: FREE

Location: From Your Classroom to Ours
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How is the Long Island Sound important for human and animals health?

In this STEM and conservation program, students explore the variety of animal and plant habitats that call Long Island Sound their home. By conducting research of their local Long Island Sound ecosystem, students compare and contrast variables including water quality, turbidity and species diversity.  Students learn that every animal and plant needs a home, and together, with their peers, problem solve on how humans can help make that possible.

Common Core Standards:  WMHO supports Common Core Standards learning by creating rich learning environment where students study and observe specimen, conduct research, and participate in an exchange of ideas.

Next Generation Science Standards:

LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

LS2.C: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning and Resilience

ESS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions

Testimonial:

“This was an authentic learning at its best.  Students felt there was a real purpose for their research projects on this unit.  A big part of the excitement of the program was the anticipation of meeting the class in Bridgeport Connecticut on the other side of the Long Island Sound. This program allow our students to have a hands-on experience to learn about the biodiversity of the wetlands and the water quality of the sound. Thank you to all those that have made this experience possible for our students!” – Michele Miller & Doreen Barry, 6th Grade Science Teachers at Selden Middle School, Long Island

Duration: 1 hour
Levels: Customizable for K-12

Fee: For this program fee, please contact 631-751-2244 for more information. Boces Reimbursable

Location: Broadcasting live from Ernst Marine Conservation Center on West Meadow Preserve.  WMHO digital platform include (and are not limited to) Zoom, Google Classroom and MS Teams. Please let us know your digital preferences and we will work with you.

Duration: 1
Levels: Customized

Location: The Ernst Marine Conservation Center from the comfort of your own home or classroom!
Address: Trustee’s Road, Stony Brook NY 11790

How did the colonial trades of physician and apothecary develop in the colonies?   What are similarities and differences between diseases and treatments of the past compared to today?

Set during the American Revolution, students will enter the world of Samuel Thompson – doctor, farmer, patriot. By becoming Doctor Thompson’s apprentices, students are empowered to diagnose and treat his patients– using medicinal herbs from Doctor Thompson’s medicinal garden – all while avoiding being captured by the British!

In the final stage of the program, students will be able to meet a current healthcare professional who role plays a fictional 21^st century patient. Guiding the students in art and science of modern medicine, students diagnose and prescribe treatments available today!

Learning Standards

Common Core Standards: WMHO supports NY State and Common Core Standard learning by creating rich virtual environment where students study and observe artifacts, primary sources, and participate in an exchange of ideas.

Social Studies Learning Standards K-8 Framework: 4.3b Colonial New York became home to many different peoples, including European immigrants, and free and enslaved Africans. Colonists developed different lifestyles. Economic and Economic Systems:  What are the benefits of specialization and trade? How did political and social life evolve in each of the three regions? NYS Technology Standards- Standard 5:  Technology has been the driving force in the evolution of society from an agricultural to an industrial to an information base

Cost:  $150.00 for 45-60 minute live session (30 or less students) & accompanying learning kit; Boces Ed-in-Arts Reimbursable

WMHO digital platform include (and are not limited to) Zoom, Google Classroom and MS Teams. Please let us know your digital preferences and we will work with you.

Contact: 631-751-2244

Duration: 1
Teacher Fee: FREE

Location: The historic Thompson House from the comfort of your home or classroom!
Address: From the comfort of your home or classroom!