2009 marks the 400th anniversary of Hudson and Champlain's voyages along the river and lake that bear their names -- and the 200th anniversary of Fulton's successful steamboat voyage and establishment of steam commerce on the Hudson River.

In cooperation with the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Cultural Education Center, the NYNPA Newspaper In Education Program has created a 10-part NIE educational series with extensive links to other educational materials and a teachers' guide.

Please click on any of the listed items to view or download that PDF file. Links to additional materials and related websites will appear as blue text.

• Celebrations: 1909 to Today

• Native People of New York

• Henry Hudson and the Hudson River

• Samuel de Champlain and Lake Champlain

• West Point and the Great Chain

• Fort Ticonderoga and the Battle of Plattsburgh

• Robert Fulton and the Steamboat

• Western Expansion and the Erie Canal

• The Gilded Age

• Albany Leadership

Quadricentennial Teachers' Guide

Additional Resources

• Robert Livingston profile

• Robert Livingston student worksheet

• Gibbons v. Ogden student worksheet

• Frederic Church profile

• Frederic Church student worksheet

• DeWitt Clinton profile

• DeWitt Clinton student worksheet

• Martin Van Buren profile 

• Martin Van Buren student worksheet 
    

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