History at Home: Place-based Learning Strategies to Explore Local History

We are the education department of Brooklyn Public Library's Center for Brooklyn History. Our signature partnership program offers classes rare access to original archival materials while completing a customized, standards-based project. We also support NYC educators and students through professional development workshops, classroom visits and online resources.Support for Brooklyn Connections is provided by The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund, New York Life Foundation, Epstein Teicher Philanthropies, Hearst Foundation, Festa Family, and Brooklyn Eagles.

Center for Brooklyn History Education

Dive into place-based learning and develop skills to lead students in inquiry focused on their communities.

What can we learn from the places we find ourselves in? How can we guide our students in making use of their surroundings to prompt historical inquiry? The Center for Brooklyn History team will be joined by Miriam Sicherman, creator of the closet archaeology program and author of Brooklyn’s Barren Island (Arcadia, 2019) to learn how we as educators can help our students find fascination in everyday objects and realize that they are living in someone else’s past. We’ll provide strategies for supporting place-based learning in a variety of contexts, with a specific focus on how place-based learning helps us ask questions that will lead to further inquiry with primary source documents, including maps. We’ll discuss ways to help remote students explore their own surroundings at home or in their neighborhood, or to work with in-person groups of students in the classroom or schoolyard. Attendees of this event are eligible for 1 CTLE credit. Accessibility Statement: We strive to offer educator professional learning opportunities that are inclusive for individuals with disabilities and our team is committed to the work that goes into creating safe and productive spaces for all. If you have an accessibility requirement, please let us know by checking the appropriate box while registering for our professional learning opportunities and a staff member will reach out with accessibility options prior to the event.

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History at Home: Place-based Learning Strategies to Explore Local History

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