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Topic
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Day 1
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ãThe Park and the People:ä Transcendentalism in New York
HA, 86-89
Karp, The Central Park,
Readings on Transcendentalsim:
Whitman, Melville, etc.
slides of Hudson River School in class
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Day 2
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Reform and the Fear of Industrialization
Blackmar and Rosenzweig, Park and the People
in-class lide show on Central Park: Triumph and Tragedy
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Day 3
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ãRe-creationä and Real Estate
Blackmar and Rosenzweig, Park and the People
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Day 4
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Contested Domains: The Case of Seneca Village
Blackmar and Rosenzweig, Park and the People
in-class Seneca Park simulation
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Day 5
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Contested Domains: The Case of Seneca Village
Blackmar and Rosenzweig, Park and the People
Discuss tour location and choose
stops(in groups)
in-class Seneca Park simulation
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Day 6
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Library research
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Day 7
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Classroom and web research and
submit quiz questions
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Day 8
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Central Park tour- meet at 9am at the Northeast corner of 77th
Street and Central Park West (Humbolt Statue)
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Day 9
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New Yorkâs Future: New York as People and Place
Calvin Trillin, What Makes New Yorkers Tick
E.B. White, Here is New York
Debrief on tour and post contributions
on the Gotham map website
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