Young Yorkers Leaflets

Young Yorkers Leaflets are information and activity sheets on a variety of local history topics. Published between 1985 and 1999, the leaflets were written in both student and teacher versions. They were based on the concepts and skills of the New York State social studies program.

The leaflets that are available for download as PDF files (important information about using PDF files) cover the following topic areas:

• Cultural history
• Public/social history
• Community history
• Civic lessons

Cultural History

• African-Americans in New York State: 1600-1865
• Finding Your Family Tree
• Looking at Newspapers and the Black Press
• Symbols of the Haudenosaunee

Public/Social History

• The 1930s
• The 1940s
• Picking the Bitter Flower: The Diary of a Young Hop Picker
• Reading an Object
• Ring the Banjo: Folk Music in Early New York
• Rural Education in New York State: One-Room Schools of the 1840s

Community History

• Bees: Caring, Sharing, and Helping
• Folktales in Our Communities
• From Candy to Gunpowder: A Visit to the General Store in 1845
• Postcards: Windows on Your Community’s Past
• Street Signs and Place Names
• Unlocking the Mysteries of the Past: Using Maps to Learn About a Community’s History

Civic Lessons

• Every Vote Counts
• Of the People: Community Government
• Town Meetings Teach the Bill of Rights

Yorkers is sponsored by the New York State Historical Association. © New York State Historical Association. E-mail us with your questions and comments.