Folklife Resources for Educators

Materials Related to Greek Americans

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Confino Primary Source Activity Lesson Plan - Elementary School
by Tenement Museum
http://www.tenement.org/documents/lessonplans/web5_lessonplan_ConfinoElementary.pdf

Lesson plan with activities for elementary school grades to demonstrate how primary sources and documents can be used to piece together stories from the past. The primary source materials on the site include manuscripts and photographs pertaining to a young immigrant girl of Greek American heritage named Victoria Confino. In the early decades of the twentieth century, Victoria was a resident with her family at 97 Orchard Street, the current location of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. The lesson plan guides students in examining the primary source materials to learn about Victoria and her family. Appropriate for use with history, social studies, and geography curricula.

Sponsoring Organization:
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
91 Orchard Street
New York NY 10002
(212) 431-0233
http://www.tenement.org/

Confino Primary Source Activity Lesson Plan - Middle School
by Tenement Museum
http://www.tenement.org/documents/lessonplans/web5_lessonplan_ConfinoMiddleSchool.pdf

Lesson plan with activities for middle school grades to show how primary sources and documents can be used to piece together stories from the past. The primary source materials for this lesson include manuscripts and photographs pertaining to a young girl of Greek American heritage named Victoria Confino who was a resident at 97 Orchard Street, the location of the current Lower East Side Tenement Museum. Students are guided in examining the primary source materials to learn about Victoria and her family. Appropriate for use with history, social studies, and geography curricula.

Sponsoring Organization:
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
91 Orchard Street
New York NY 10002
(212) 431-0233
http://www.tenement.org/