It also provides a strong link between the humanities and sciences, enabling students to engage their studies in a relevant, experiential manner. When teachers combine oral history and community study with dance, theater, music, and visual arts a powerful vehicle is created to explore others' and students' own cultures. This site is also a hub for information and curricular materials for all of City Lore's programs. From this site you can link to our City Lore website, and to our Place Matters and Peoples Poetry Gathering websites. Programs may include artist residencies, performances, workshops, and instructional materials.
Content is tailored to the needs of the school and designed to meet applicable learning standards.
Click on school projects to see a model of our in-school work. In New York City and throughout the U.S., City Lore staff and consultants offer staff development programs for individual schools and school districts. Faculty is drawn from professionals at institutions such as Bank Street College of Education, the Smithsonian Institution, and City Lore. Local Learning initiative Our Local Learning initiative, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, is creating integrated teaching tracks in folklore and oral history at summer teacher institutes throughout the country. Email us for more information.