Traveling Through Time Worksheets

Correlations to Standards
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Social Studies Correlations
Elementary
Key ideas, performance indicators, and sample tasks touched upon
Standard 1: History of the United States and New York
Standard 2: World History
Standard 3: Geography
1, 2, 4
1, 2, 4
1, 2
Intermediate
Standard 1: History of the United States and New York
Standard 2: World History
Standard 3: Geography
1, 2, 4
2,4
1, 2
English Language Arts
Elementary &
Intermediate
Reading
Writing
Speaking, Listening, & Viewing
Conventions, Grammar, and
Usage of the English language
Literature
E1c, E1d (intermediate only)
E2a, E2c, E2d, E2e (intermediate only)
E3c
E4a
E5a
Arts Blueprint
Benchmark
Art making Grade 5: Two-dimensional applied design
Literacy in the visual arts
Grade 2: Looking at and discussing art
Grade 5: Looking at and discussing art
Grade 8: Reading and writing about art
Making connections through visual arts
Grade 5: Recognizing the societal, cultural,
and historical significance of art; Connecting art to other disciplines
Grade 5: Observing and interpreting the world
Grade 8: Observing and interpreting the world
Community and cultural resources
Grade 5: Cultural institutions, careers and
long learning in visual arts
Grade 2:Art for enjoyment and lifelong learning
Grade 8: Setting goals and developing career plans
Grade 8:Art for enjoyment and life-long learning
List of Resources
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Pre- and Post-visit Materials
Correlations
Correlations to Educational Standards
Educator Book Copyright 2008 Museum of the City of New York.
Design by MSDS. All rights reserved.
Image 1
Seal of the Province of New Netherland 1623
Museum of the City of New York, Print Archives
Image 2 Seal of New York 1915
Museum of the City of New York, Print Archives
Image 3
Nieu Amsterdam, mid 17th century*
I.N. Phelps Stokes Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art,
Prints and Photographs. The New York Public Library.
Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.
Image 4
Manhattan Island before the Dutch Settlement
Museum of the City of New York, Print Archives
Image 5 Dutch Houses
Museum of the City of New York, Print Archives
Image 6 T’Fort niew Amsterdam op de Manhatans (The Hartgers View)
Museum of the City of New York, The J. Clarence Davies Collection
Image 7 The Prototype View (New Amsterdam 1650-53)
Museum of the City of New York, The J. Clarence Davies Collection
Image 8 Native American Wigwam (Museum of the City of New York diorama not on view)
Image 9 Lower Manhattan Skyline
Courtesy of Debbie Ardemendo
Map 1A
Afbeeldinge Van de Stadt Amsterdam in Nieuw Neederlandt [The Castello Plan], 1660
Museum of the City of New York, Gift of La Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
Map 1B
Hudson's Voyage
Illustration courtesy of MSDS
Map 2
World Map Outlines
* This illustration is commonly identified as a depiction of slavery in New Amsterdam. In this Dutch print the figures
represented are identical to those in a contemporary depiction of Barbados, except that they are seen here with New
Amsterdam in the background. Which came first is unknown, but this version conveys the West India Company’s
growing involvement with slavery and the slave trade in New Netherland.
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Pre- and Post-visit Materials
Worksheet 1
Juet’s Journal
Worksheet 2
Seal Worksheet
Worksheet 3
New Amsterdam
Worksheet 4
Analyzing an Illustration
Worksheet 5
Street Names (with and without answers)
Worksheet 1: Robert Juet’s Journal
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Name _____________________________________________________________
Date ___________________________
Below is a journal passage written by Robert Juet, who served as Henry Hudson’s first mate on at
least two voyages to the New World. Answer the questions based on Juet’s journal entry.
Sept. 12, 1609
“The twelfth, very faire and hot. In the after-noone at two of the clocke wee weighed,
the winde being variable, betweene the North and the North-west. So we turned
into the River two leagues and Anchored [at about the mouth of the Hudson
off the Battery]. This morning at our first rode in the River, there came eight and
twentie Canoes full of men, women and children to betray us: but we saw their
intent, and suffered none of them to come aboord of us. At twelve of the clocke they
departed. They brought with them Oysters and Beanes, whereof wee bought some.
They have great Tabacco pipes of yellow Copper, and Pots of Earth to dresse their
meate in. It floweth South-east by South within.”
[Source: Juet’s Journal—The Voyage of the Half Moon from 4 April to 7 November 1609, by Robert Juet]
1. On what date was this journal entry written?
2. What kind of transportation did Juet use? Draw what you think it might have looked like.
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3. How many canoes came out one morning? Who was in those canoes?
4. How do you think Juet felt about the men, women, and children in the canoes? Why?
5. What did Juet and his companions buy?
6. Do you think Juet spoke the same language as the men, women, and children in the canoes?
How did they communicate with one another in order for Juet to buy goods from the Native Americans?
Worksheet 2: Seal Worksheet
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Name _____________________________________________________________
New Netherland Seal
Date ___________________________
New York City Seal
1. Compare and contrast the two seals by listing the symbols you see. Circle the symbols that are the same.
2. What does each symbol represent?
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3. If you had to create a seal of New York City, what would you include and why? Draw your idea.
Worksheet 3: New Amsterdam
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Name _____________________________________________________________
Date ___________________________
Imagine it is 1650 in New Amsterdam. There is no electricity or running water. The resources
available to you are:
ocean, shells, rivers, trees, rocks, animals, metal, hammer, axe, nails, and rope
Invent and draw an object that will help you:
1. STAY SAFE AT NIGHT
What object will you make? What resources and materials will you use? How will you make the object
and how will it work?
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2. SEE IN THE DARK
What will you make? What resources will you use? How will you make the object and how will it work?
3. KEEP WARM
What will you make? What resources will you use? How will you make the object and how will it work?
Worksheet 4: Analyzing an Illustration
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Name _____________________________________________________________
Date ___________________________
1. Study the image for two minutes. Form an overall impression of the image. What is the main
subject or topic of this illustration?
2. Who might have drawn this image?
3. For what audience was the illustration intended?
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WORKSHEET 4, PAGE 2: ANALYZING AN ILLUSTRATION
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4. What do you think was the artist’s purpose in drawing this image?
5. Do you believe this is an accurate portrayal of daily life in New Amsterdam? Why or why not?
6. What do you think is the artist’s point of view?
7. What does this document teach you about slavery in New Amsterdam?
Worksheet 5: Street Names
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Name _____________________________________________________________
Date ___________________________
Look at the names of the streets; how do you think each street got its name? Based on the name of
the street, what can you tell about the history of the area? Can you guess what took place during
Dutch New Amsterdam and early New York that would lead to the street name? After you have given
your answers, see if you can find these streets on the map.
1. Beaver Street
2. Bowery
3. Bowling Green
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4. Broadway
5. Canal Street
6. Front Street
7. Maiden Lane
8. Pearl Street
9. Stone Street
10. Wall Street
Worksheet 5: Street Names (Answers)
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Name _____________________________________________________________
Date ___________________________
Broadway
Wall Street
Look at the names of the streets; how do you think each street got its name? Based on the name of
the street, what can you tell about the history of the area? Can you guess what took place during
Dutch New Amsterdam and early New York that would lead to the street name? Use the Castello
Plan provided to find Wall Street and Broadway.
1. Beaver Street
This street was named for the animal whose pelt was the basis for early trade between the
Dutch and the Native American Indians in New Netherland.
2. Bowery
The word “bowery” comes from the Dutch word bouwerij, or farm. The street called Bowery
was an old Indian trail that led to other developed and settled parts of New Amsterdam. The
first settlers laid out their farms along the Indian trail; Peter Stuyvesant had his home there.
3. Bowling Green
This is considered the oldest park in New York City. It was used as a parade ground and
cattle market in the 17th century. In the early 18th century, three men signed a ten-year lease
on the land. They paid one peppercorn a year to use it as a private bowling green.
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4. Broadway
Broadway was named for its broad width. It runs north-south between the Battery and
the Bronx, and is 15 ¼ miles in length. Originally it was an Indian trail.
5. Canal Street
This street was originally a fresh water stream that ran into the Hudson River and was
used for bringing goods into New Amsterdam. In the 19th century, it was widened into
a canal. As land became more valuable and the stream became a health hazard because
of pollution, it was filled in and called Canal Street.
6. Front Street
This street runs along the East River. It is a manmade street created by landfill.
7. Maiden Lane
This area was named for the young girls who came to the footpath along the stream to wash
their clothes. The grassy slope that led to the stream made it easily accessible. Maiden Lane
was also the town's closest clean water source.
8. Pearl Street
This street, originally a waterfront road, was named for the oyster shells discarded there
by the Lenape Indians. Passing cattle, horses, and pedestrians crushed the shells. Later,
through expansion, the shoreline was pushed further east.
9. Stone Street
In the mid 17th century, Stone Street was New Amsterdam’s first road to be paved with
blocks of cobblestone. Originally it was called Brouwer (Brewer) Street, named for the
businesses there. After Peter Stuyvesant sent surveyors to plot the town’s boundaries
and streets, Stone Street became one of the first streets to establish property lines.
10. Wall Street
In 1653, the Dutch West India Company slaves built De Waal, or the Wall, along the Northern
Frontier of New Amsterdam. The town’s wealthiest residents paid for its construction.
Stuyvesant matched the highest contributed amount of 150 guilders. Its purpose was to
keep the English from attacking from the north. The Wall was never used as intended since
the British never attacked by land from the north; in 1664 they came by sea. The British
demolished the wall in 1699.
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Feirstein, Sanna. Naming New York: Manhattan Places & How They Got Their Names. New York: New York University, 2001.
Moscow, Henry. The Street Book: An Encyclopedia of Manhattan Street Names and Their Origins. New York: Fordham
University Press, 1978.
Shorto, Russell. The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that
Shaped America. New York: Vintage Books, 2004.