New Haven: Its Ships and Its Trades, 1800-1920
George Foote and Richard Silocka
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Lesson II
Objective
Students will become more familiar with the Quinnipiac River and its history.
Lesson Outline
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1. Using the list of shipbuilding yards included in the unit have each student select one yard that was located on the Quinnipiac River.
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2. Using any of the 19th maps available at the New Haven Library (Elm St.) pinpoint the approximate location of the yard.
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3. Select a team of students who are responsible for photographing each location.
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4. Show the student produced slides to the entire class and compare the sites as they exist today to the 1860 painting by Schierholz (slides 1-11).
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5. The final activity is to take the students on a walking tour of each site.
Additional Follow-up
To further accentuate the contrast a trip to Mystic Seaport would be useful. If this isn’t possible an afternoon on South Water St. City Point would give students a feel of what a water-oriented community was like.
