HISTORY OF NEW YORK CITY

Coordinators: Ilene Winkler, Susannah Falk-Lewis, Penelope
Pi-Sunyer, Michael Wellner

Here’s the history of New York City you don’t learn in school.

We will start with the original residents, the Lenape — how did they live, how did they deal with the first Europeans? Traveling up the Hudson, we will examine the early Dutch and English settlements, including slavery and free Blacks. Next, we will look at New York during the American Revolution, when British troops controlled the city. We will conclude this semester by examinIng the part New Yorkers played in creating the Constitution and our country.

A WEEK / TUESDAY / 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Other Classes:

POWER: THE GLORY OF IT
FLAWED GREATNESS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON
NEW AND CLASSIC ESSAYS
NYC AND ITS ENVIRONS: PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS
EXPLORATIONS IN PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE
FASCINATING NONFICTION

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