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Christopher Piccigallo was born on the Lower East Side. He has always wondered about the history of the LES neighborhood because of his immigrant grandfather and his affiliation with the Fulton Fish Market. He attended Hunter College (CUNY) and earned his BA in History/ Puerto Rican Studies and went on to earn his MA from Touro College in education. Chris has been teaching in the New York public school system for fifteen years and has been teaching overall for a total of 23 years. He is very passionate about his work and enjoys the critical thinking aspects of teaching on a daily basis by pushing his students to think outside the box and strive to be there very best.
Contact Info: Cpiccigallo@schools.nyc.gov Articles About the program!
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.Al was born and raised in New York City’s Lower East Side (LES) and has been teaching for the past 25 years. Alfonso recently created and is currently implementing an eighth grade curriculum that teaches American History through the lens of LES. He has always tried to connect local history to his social studies classroom. In 2003, he partnered with Columbia University Oral History Research Office and Downtown Community Television where his students were trained to conduct oral history interviews of local residents living in Chinatown and the Lower East Side who were deeply affected by the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The project resulted in a student produced documentary, Chinatown Lives that became part of an exhibition at the Silk Road Mocha Café.
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