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Little Red Schoolhouse

High School

Lower School teachers have been thinking together about the goals we set for social studies, in particular the conceptual goals that underlie our projects, trips and written tasks. As much as in literacy or math, we design a program to reflect students’ developmental orientation. We meet them where they are, tapping into their interests and curiosity within the framework of their realm of understanding. For example, we know that the younger child learns through concrete, personal experience – a trip or interview is a springboard for extended learning as your child reflects, questions, draws and writes about an exciting experience, turning it into new and deeper understanding. As the student matures and her worldview broadens, she extracts more and more information from books and symbolic communication, linking this to direct, interactive experience. Eventually, around Third Grade, students are ready to leave what we call the ”here and now” and enter the world of “long ago and far away;” to study those things that cannot be visited directly, tasted or touched. Thanks to the experiential foundation of their earlier years, eight and nine year olds are prepared to appreciate the flow and evolution of history and to conceptualize a timeline leading from then to now.

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Mercer Street Book Store

Bookstores+
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Taylor Hodson, Inc.

Employment Agencies
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Mahayogi Yoga

Pilates & Yoga+
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Safavieh Home

Furniture
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Tao Restaurant

Restaurants $$$
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Christian Publications Bookstore NYC

Bookstores+
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Manhattan Auto Group

Car Dealers
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Manhattan Mazda

Car Dealers
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Dance New Amsterdam

Dance Schools
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Claremont Preparatory School

Middle School
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New York Stock Exchange

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Men's Wearhouse

Clothing for men
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Mega Moving

Moving Companies
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Pioneer Supermarkets

Supermarket+
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Carmel Car & Limousine Service

Limousines
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On The Ave Hotel

Hotels $$
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Magnolia Bakery

Bakeries
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Toga Bike Shop & Gotham Bikes

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City College of New York / CUNY

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Yeshiva University Museum

Museums and Culture
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St. Bernard's School

High School
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St. Bernard's School

Middle School
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The Hispanic Society of America

Museums and Culture
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Reinstein/Ross

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Regis High School

High School
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ShermansTravel

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Gracious Home

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Dalton School

High School