Madison County Historian description of how he has worked with local schools
Matthew Urtz
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Mathew Urtz has been the historian for Madison County since 2010. As historian, his work falls into the following categories:
Contact Information: Email: matthew.urtz@madisoncounty.ny.gov Phone: 315-366-2453 |
Description of Services offered by the Historian
The Madison County Historian has:
- worked with individual teachers/classes on projects such as:
- Understanding local historical maps
- Understanding the role of a historian
- Understanding how local geography impacts the area
- Supplying reenactors to talk about historical events
- Providing a walking tour for students to better understand communities
- spoken at multiple Social Studies and teacher conferences about utilizing primary sources and where primary sources can be found locally
- worked with Madison-Oneida BOCES on Teaching with Primary Sources project which was awarded a 2014 NYS Archives Excellence in the use of Government Records Award
The Madison County Historian’s office has:
- hosted student and teacher government classes giving tours of the Madison County Archives, explaining the county’s records management process, and showing students how to utilize government records
- hosted multiple high school and college interns over the years creating projects that work with the student’s capabilities and interests