Useful Links for Students/Parents:
2024-2025
Immigrant Biographies
Ann Moore- immigration-annie_moore_passage.pdf
The Mystery of the Dusty Book---- www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/nyregion/henry-street-settlement-lillian-wald.html
Extra reading material
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/06/27/world/100000002962577.app.html?_r=0= The Great World War(WWI)
http://hubpages.com/hub/Fashion-History-Design-Trends-of-the-1040s (Fashion in the 1940's).
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/26/nyregion/new-yorks-350th-birthday-party-your-invitation-isnt-lost-in-the-mail.html?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&smprod=nytcore-ipad (350 years ago New Amsterdam was named New York)
http://grafilicious.com/les/les_neighborhood_guide_2014_web.pdf
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/07/25/revitalized-lower-east-side-becoming-trendy-but-also-very-expensive/
http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2014/08/calvert-vauxs-last-work-columbus-park.html(History of Columbus park)
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/04/garden/in-his-basement-the-bowery.html?ref=garden&_r=0
Chinese Immigrant's and the Lower East Side
http://www.mocanyc.org/ The Museum of Chinese in America
http://www.apa.nyu.edu/mapping/wingfong/3.html ( Chinatown)
http://nyti.ms/1mAcj3M ( Chinese Seeking asylum)
http://nyti.ms/1c1Agdf (Chinese immigration)
http://nyti.ms/1kbgBZr (Conflict in Asia).
www.signature-reads.com/2016/07/the-nasty-little-known-turf-wars-of-chinatown-nyc/ (Turf Wars)
www.americanheritage.com/content/chinatown (Chinatown)
infamousnewyork.com/tag/tom-lee/ (infamous New York)
Sports on the Lower East Side
http://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2013/07/new-york-mini-volleyball-tournament-is-held-on-the-lower-east-side.html(New York's mini volleyball tournament
http://www.tenement.org/blog/batter-up-baseball-and-the-lower-east-side/ ( Baseball on the LES)
Immigration on the Lower East Side (1890-1940)
http://www.boweryboogie.com/2014/06/tracing-the-origin-of-new-yorks-nickname-the-city-never-sleeps/( The origins of New York City)
http://www.boweryboogie.com/2014/03/governor-al-smith-walks-us-lower-east-side-1945-video/ (Al Smith and the LES)
http://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2013/02/les-history-the-food-riots-of-1917.html (Food. riots on the
LES)
http://www.americanheritage.com/content/south-street-seaport?nid=52435 (History of the South Street Seaport)
www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/arts/music/irving-berlin-god-bless-america.html?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&smprod=nytcore-ipad
Media Links for history/News for the Lower East Side:
http://www.tenement.org/ Tenement Museum Information
http://web.mta.info/mta/museum/ Transit Museum Information
http://www.thelodownny.com/ News from the Lower East Side
http://www.gc.cuny.edu/.../American-Social-History-Project-Center-for-Media-an... Cuny Social History project
http://lowereastside.org
Fun Facts on the Lower East Side:
http://www.sooziq.com/4998/18-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-history-of-fast-food/(18 things you did not know about the LES!)
Street Names and there history:
http://forgotten-ny.com/2000/04/lower-east-side-necrology/( The origins of street names on the lES)
http://www.boweryboogie.com/2014/07/when-delancey-street-widened-1904-photos/ ( When Delancey Street was widened)
Fashion on LES:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers
,http://www.ehow.com/info_8669152_clothing-lennilenape-tribe.html
http://www.slideshare.net/mobile/adeangelo528/lenape-clothing
-Everyday Life & culture for a Dutch person Living in New Amsterdam
http://www.newamsterdamhistorycenter.org/media/files/HistoricalBackgroundSummary-EverydayLife.pdf
http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy/dutch_nl.htm
New Resources:
http://historytech.wordpress.com (search : 10 things you did not know about Abraham Lincoln)
http://historytech.wordpress.com (search: Google, close reading, and other resources)
http://historytech.wordpress.com (search: What does historical thinking look like)
http://historytech.wordpress.com (search: New Mission US game released)
http://historytech.wordpress.com (search: Free Google Earth Pro and other goodies)
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/business/behind-monopoly-an-inventor-who-didnt-pass-go.html?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&smprod=nytcore-ipad (Story on Progressive era games)
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/maria-laurino-italian-journey-men-article-1.2114743 (Sacco and Vendetti story)
http://historicalthinkingmatters.org/ (How to think like a historian)
www.nydailynews.com/news/national/oldnyc-brings-back-19th-century-new-york-back-life-article-1.2744599 (Old New York Brings 19th- century New York back to life.)
Historic Movie theater on the Lower East Side Closing
www.nytimes.com/2018/01/21/nyregion/sunshine-movie-theater-closing.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
Gentrification on the Lower East Side
www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-fea-lower-east-side-gentrification-big-box-20180829-story.htmln
newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/07/25/revitalized-lower-east-side-becoming-trendy-but-also-very-expensive/
Slavery in NYC
walkingtournyc.glitch.me/ (Slavery and Resistance in NYC)