The Lower East Side: Development of Dramatic Literature for Elementary Schools. 1980-1981.

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The Lower East Side: Development of Dramatic Literature for Elementary Schools. 1980-1981.

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Contains three plays developed for use in grades 4-6 as teaching aids on the ethnic groups of the Lower East Side: Grand Street: Teacher's Manual a 56 page play about Jews in the Lower East Side and a guide for classroom discussion and additional reading assignments on the topic; The Dance and the Railroad: Teacher's Manual a 78 page play about the Chinese railroad workers' strike in 1867 and a teacher's guide with background information and discussion questions; and La Morena: Teacher's Manual a 68 page play about a Puerto Rican family coming to New York in the 1940s with discussion questions and an essay on Puerto Rican migration.

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Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies Library

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Henry Street Settlement (New York, N.Y.)

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The Henry Street Settlement was organized in 1893 by Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster in New York City's Lower East Side neighborhood. Miss Wald and Miss Brewster were nurses and the settlement's early work was principally a visiting nurse service. By the time the settlement was incorporated in 1903, its work had expanded to include many of the usual settlement services. Miss Wald was succeeded as headworker in 1933 by Helen Hall. In 1944, the settlement and the Visiting Nurse Service were legally...