From "The Fur Trade: Contact and Commerce between Indians and Dutch Settlers."
Wampum, tubular beads made from mollusc shells, were a key component ot the fur trade in New Netherland, as students will learn in "The Fur Trade: Contact and Commerce between Indians and Dutch Settlers."
In 2012, the NNI--in partnership with the New Netherland Research Center and the New York State Museum's Department of Anthropology--held its first summer workshop for elementary and middle school educators in Albany. A second summer institute is planned for 2013.
The eighteen teachers and librarians who attended the weeklong event worked collaboratively to develop standards-based model lessons using New Netherland documents, artifacts, and images. Lessons on the fur trade, Dutch-Indian diplomacy, global trade, and the conflict between the West India Company and the patroonship of Rensselaerswijck are currently available on this website.
Please note that these lesson plans are currently under revision. Please check back in the future for new content.
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For over three decades, NNI has helped cast light on America's Dutch roots. In 2010, it partnered with the New York State Office of Cultural Education to establish the New Netherland Research Center, with matching funds from the State of the Netherlands. NNI is registered as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. More
Housed in the New York State Library, the NNRC offers students, educators, scholars and researchers a vast collection of early documents and reference works on America's Dutch era. More
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