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Making America's Best Idea Even Better
National Parks of New York HarborGeorge Washington was inaugurated on the site of today's Federal Hall, located across from the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street
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Lesson Plans & Teacher Guides
 
Students hit their target in the program Sentinels of Our Shores

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Students hit their mark in the program "Sentinels of Our Shores"

Our Teacher Guides help educators prepare their classes for the NPNH Education Center's curriculum-based programs, using pre-visit and post-visit activities that meet state standards. Help yourself!

Sentinels of Our Shores
Grades 4-5: Students read historic maps and fire our unique air-powered cannon to learn how forts defended New York Harbor in the 1800s.

To Be Somebody in America
Grade 8: Students read oral histories by Ellis island immigrants, which they transform into short dramatic presentations for the whole class.
Castle Williams was part of a harbor-wide network of fortifications built or reinforced around the time of the War of 1812  

Did You Know?
In the line of fire! Cannon at Castle Williams of Governors Island National Monument face Battery Park in Lower Manhattan... and continually surprise commuters on the Staten Island ferry! Governors Island is one of 23 unique destinations within the National Parks of New York Harbor.
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Last Updated: February 13, 2009 at 10:17 EST