The day’s activities include interactive chemistry demonstrations, fun hands-on activities, experiments and door prizes. There is also a student-illustrated poetry contest. Create an illustrated poem at the event or bring yours to the Museum by noon. Categories for prizes are K–2nd; 3rd–4th; 5th–8th and 9th–12th.
New this year: Minerals Rock! Explore the Minerals of New York exhibit and hunt to find the minerals within Adirondack rocks with NYS Museum Educator Hatti Langsford.
In his epic new book, Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom, author and historian Russell Shorto takes us back to the founding of the American nation, drawing on diaries, letters and autobiographies to explore six lives that cast the era in a fresh new light. These stories include an African man who freed himself and his family from slavery, a rebellious young woman who abandoned her abusive husband to chart her own course, and a certain Mr. Washington, who was admired for his social graces but harshly criticized for his often-disastrous military strategy.
Through these lives we understand that the revolution was fought over the meaning of individual freedom, a philosophical idea that became a force for violent change. A powerful narrative and a brilliant defense of American values, Revolution Song makes the compelling case that the American Revolution is still being fought today and that its ideals are worth defending.
A book signing will follow the lecture. Books can be purchased at the event.
The New York State Museum invites teachers and their students to participate in the annual Capital Region History Day competition on Saturday, March 24, 2018. Students in grades 6-12 may discover and unveil history’s secrets and express what they have learned through one of the five following formats: Exhibits, Documentaries, Papers, Exhibit Boards and Theatrical Performances.
Students compete at the regional level where the top two winners in each category proceed to the state competition in Cooperstown, NY. From there, winning students have the opportunity to move on to the national level competition at the University of Maryland in College Park. National History Day (NHD) hosts more than half a million students from around the world as they conduct research and interpret historical topics through the lens of an annual theme.
The New York State Museum is a program of the University of the State of New York
New York State Education Department
