index for the discovering the site investigation
Use this page to navigate directly to specific documents and pages that are a part of the investigation. There are many more documents that one can utilize. What other documents will you use for your findings?
table of contents
These links will take you to the individual investigation pages.
- Discovering the Site Investigation Overview
- Discovering the Site Directions
- Document 1: The Borough of the Bronx by Harry T. Cook
- Document 2: MCNY Photograph and Verso
- Document 3: U.S. Census
- Document 4: NYPL Map of Hunts Point
- Document 5: The New York World Article
- OPTIONAL: Field Experience Data Gathering Worksheet (NOTE: Use this image of the sign from NYC Parks to orient yourself today with how the area looked long ago. It should help you discover where Hunts Point Road used to be located.)
- OPTIONAL: 1915 Image of caretaker house, Cemetery sign (see 8.) for orientating to The Hunts Point Road.
- OPTIONAL: ???Jenkins Page screen shot?---> focus students on what they are looking for
direct links to the documents
These links will take you to the full sized documents used in this investigation. They can be downloaded as well.
Investigation Materials
These links will take you to the materials you may need as the historian uncovering the past in Hunts Point.
- Research Journal
- Research Findings Graphic Organizer (in development)
- Presenting Your Findings to the Community (in development)
- Key Vocabulary Word Page (in development)