Posts Tagged ‘history’
Neighborhoods of New York
May 20, 2019
Neighborhoods of New York Professor: Joseph Berger ITF: Madison Priest Campus: Hunter College URL: https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/neighborhoodsofnyc/ Neighborhoods of New York is the result of research project undertaken by first year Macaulay Honors students at Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY) under the supervision of Professor Joseph Berger and Madison Priest. This website showcases student […]
2019 | African American, All The Sites, audio, Chinatown, Chinese, Dutch, GoogleMaps, Greenwich Village, Hunter College, Irish, Italian, Joseph Berger, Madison Priest, Manhattan, Queens, Russian, video, WordPress, Year | Tags: community, culture, demographic, food, history, immigration, little italy, Manhattan, Queens College, timelineComments (0)
The Peopling of New York City
January 15, 2014
The Peopling of New York City Professor: Gabriel Haslip-Viera ITF: Aaron Kendall Campus: City College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/haslipviera2013/ Students investigated the role of immigration and migration in the shaping of New York’s identity – past, present, and future, through oral history interviews and neighborhood research projects. The projects were carried out individually and with little structuring, […]
2014 | 2013, Aaron Kendall, African American, All The Sites, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Chinese, Christian, City College, Dominican, East Asian, Flushing, Gabriel Haslip-Viera, GoogleMaps, Greenwich Village, Harlem, iMovie, Irish, Italian, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Other, Queens, Staten Island, Upper East Side, video, WordPress | Tags: demographics, history, immigration, migration, neighborhood, Oral history, research, social issuesComments (0)
Hidden Histories
January 14, 2014
Hidden Histories Professor: Grazyna Drabik ITF: John Boy Campus: City College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/hiddenhistories/ The aim of this site is to make little-known aspects of New York City history visible on a map. In addition, the site links to resources in the form of books, films, and websites that cover these “hidden histories.” [This project remains […]
2014 | 2013, All The Sites, City College, Grazyna Drabik, Irish, Italian, Jewish, John Boy, Manhattan, maps | Tags: draft riots, history, parallax scrolling, poetryComments (0)
The Brooklyn College Immigrant Experience
February 28, 2013
Professor: Brendan O’Malley ITF: Jenny Kijowski Campus: Brooklyn College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/bcimmigrantexperience/ The students’ mission statement is as follows: “”To chronicle the growth and development of Brooklyn College as an institution, through the lens of the immigrant experience there. This is done through: 1) Documenting immigrant experiences there through oral history accounts, 2) Analyzing the extent […]
2013 | 2012, All The Sites, Brendan O'Malley, Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, Jenny Kijowski | Media: Dipity, Google Earth, Google maps, iShowYou, NextGen Gallery, photos, Vimeo, WordPress, YouTube | Tags: Alkivia Chameleon 2.3, Brooklyn College, custom css, Dipity, Google Earth, Google Maps, history, immigrant, immigration, interviews, iShowYou, NextGen Gallery, O'Malley, photos, screencast, Seminar 2, Spring 2012, video, Vimeo, WordPress, WPMU, YouTubeComments (0)
Trailblazing Through Greenwich Village
June 26, 2012
Professor: Bernadette McCauley ITF: Fiona Lee Campus: Hunter This website was created by Macaulay Honors students at Hunter College as part of their first-year seminar, The Peopling of New York, taught by Professor Bernadette McCauley. As part of their neighborhood study of Greenwich Village, each student conducted an individual investigation on a topic of their […]
2012 | 2012, All The Sites, Bernadette McCauley, Fiona Lee, Hunter College | Media: Eportfolio, Google docs, Tiki-toki, Twenty Eleven, WordPress | Tags: Activism, AIDS, Art, Bitter End, culture, Emma Goldman, Father Antonio Demo, gender, Greenwich Village, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, history, Jane Jacobs, Jazz, Judson Memorial Church, Leonel Baizan, LGBTQ, Off-off Broadway Theater, Our Lady of Pompeii, Patchin Place, Philip A. White, politics, Prohibition, race, religion, Sister Miriam Kevin Phillips, St. Vincent's Hospital, Tiki-Toki, timeline, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, urban planning, Village Vanguard, Washington Square Park, Webster Hall, Workers' RightsComments (0)
Immigrants “R” Us
May 23, 2012
Professor: Phil Napoli ITF: Jenny Kijowski Campus: Brooklyn URL: http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/napoli10 Our projects for this semester are based on immigrant experiences in New York and our own identities as descendants of immigrants. The immigration process is addressed at JFK airport and compared to immigrant experiences in Ellis Island. Then, the local communities of Flatbush and Williamsburg […]
2012 | 2010, All The Sites, Brooklyn College, Index, Jenny Kijowski, Phil Napoli | Media: BannerFans, images, iMovie, MediaWiki, video, Vimeo, YouTube | Tags: 9/11, Arab American, assimilation, BannerFans, Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, Ellis Island, Flatbush, history, images, immigrants, immigration, iMovie, Israeli, Jewry, Jews, JFK Airport, Lebanese, MediaWiki, Mexican, Napoli, New York City, NYC, photos, racism, Seminar 2, Soviet, Spring 2010, Syrian, The Peopling of New York, video, Vimeo, walking tours, Williamsburg, YouTubeComments (0)
Religious Peoples of Flushing
December 5, 2011
Professor: Omri Elisha ITF: Tsai-Shiou Hsieh Campus: Queens URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/qcpony11/ Professor Omri Elisha’s class completed an in-depth study of the various religious communities that can be found in Flushing. Groups worked on investigating Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, and Sikh communities, noting houses of worship, histories of the faiths, and the people who are part […]
2011 | 2011, All The Sites, Buddhist, Christian, Flushing, Index, Jewish, Muslim, Omri Elisha, Places, Queens College, Tsai-Shiou Hsieh | Media: photos, video, WordPress | Tags: churches, community, history, places of worship, Queens College, religion, services, Sikh, templesComments (0)
New York’s Four Asiatowns
November 21, 2011
Professor: Margaret Chin ITF: Mike Porter Campus: Hunter URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/chin11/ Margaret Chin’s class compared and contrasted the communities in New York’s four Asiatowns: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn; Flushing, Queens; Manhattan’s Chinatown; and Sunset Park, Brooklyn. They examined politics, issues of gentrification, and institutions in each neighborhood, including schools, libraries, community centers, medical facilities, and cultural centers. […]
2011 | 2011, All The Sites, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Chinatown, Chinese, Flushing, Hunter College, Manhattan, Margaret Chin, Mike Porter, People, Places, Sunset Park | Media: GoogleMaps, photos, WordPress | Tags: asiatown, community centers, cultural institutions, culture, gentrification, history, libraries, medical, outreach, politics, Queens College, schoolsComments (0)
Exploring Greenwich Village: Researching what makes the Village a village
October 31, 2011
Professor: Bernadette McCauley ITF: Anton Borst Campus: Hunter URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/exploringgreenwichvillagespring2011/ Overview: Working with ITF Anton Borst, Bernadette McCauley and her class at Hunter made an intensive study of Greenwich Village. The site includes an index of term papers that students completed, as well as entries on landmarks, the arts, community and social issues, and history […]
