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Teaching the Hudson Valley

Teaching the Hudson Valley is an education initiative designed to foster place-based learning using the incomparable natural and cultural resources found in the Hudson River Valley. Teaching materials produced through the program will be made widely available to teachers, students, and their families. The National Park Service and Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area grants will provide funding for teacher stipends to develop the programs, travel to attend workshops, bus transportation during the school year, site fees for student visits, and supplies and materials to implement the programs. the program also sponsors an annual teacher institute. For more information visit: Teaching the Hudson Valley
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Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, opened in 1829 as part of a movement to change the behavior of inmates through "confinement in solitude with labor." It is estimated that more than 300 prisons worldwide are based on the Penitentiary's "radial" floor plan.

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Last Updated: April 28, 2008 at 10:12 EST