Beauty Suspended: The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Turns Forty.
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Curriculum Materials

New York City and State Performance Standards
All BHS programs are designed to help teachers use primary source documents and to meet social studies, English Language Arts and math standard. With a focus on history, these cross curriculum kits
are both interactive and experiential.

Curriculum Kits

Using Brooklyn as the backdrop, BHS curriculum materials explore
the building of America from the revolution to modern day by studying its people, places and events that shaped its growth. The materials include laminated museum quality images from the BHS collection and a Teacher’s Guide with detailed lesson plans, comprehensive historical overviews and connections to learning standards.

Cross-Curricular Themes
Social Studies, Language Arts, Math & Science

  • Community
  • Urbanism
  • Immigration
  • Economics
  • Change over time
  • Industrialization
  • Technology


Grades 2-6
Compare workers 100 years ago and today including teachers, mail carriers and health care professionals.
  • 8.5 x 11 3-Ring Binder in archival box
  • 20 page Teachers’ Guide
  • 15 Student Pages
  • 26 Laminated Images
  • 3 Lesson Plans
NY Vendor Code: BRO-120000
$199.95


Grades 2-6
Explore the building of the Brooklyn Bridge and its impact on
New York City. Cross-curricular activities and worksheets are included.
  • 8.5 x 11 3-Ring Binder in archival box
  • 25 page Teachers’ Guide
  • 27 Student Pages
  • 23 Laminated Images
  • 3 Lesson Plans
NY Vendor Code: BRO-120000
$199.95


Grades 2-6
Examine buildings, streets, advertising and change over time in Brooklyn. See images ranging from 1717-1970 from Williamsburg,
Fort Green, Flabush, Weeksville, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Lefferts
Gardens and Park Slope
  • 8.5 x 11 3-Ring Binder in archival box
  • 20 page Teachers’ Guide
  • 42 Student Pages
  • 24 Laminated Images
  • 3 Lesson Plans
NY Vendor Code: BRO-120000
$199.95


Grades 7-11
Investigate themes of industrialization, immigration, urbanization and economics using nearly 100 primary source materials including
maps, photos and newspaper articles focusing on specific sites in Brooklyn.
  • 10 x 13 archival box
  • 44 page Teachers’ Guide 10 Student Pages
  • 5 Lesson Plans
  • 89 Primary Source Documents

NY Vendor Code: BRO-120000
$199.95

Guides

New! A Kid’s Guide to Baseball in Brooklyn
Grades 4-8

Packed with primary source documents and activities. This guide was designed for both teachers and students. Learn how baseball was born in Brooklyn, how the Brooklyn Dodgers became America’s team and how the baseball tradition continues today.

$19.95

Gateway to the City
Teacher-Created Lessons Connecting New York City History to National Themes

Grades 3-12

Packed with primary source documents, this engaging guide
highlights lessons created by NYC public school teachers in Crown Heights and Harlem. Topics include: Slavery & its Impact on NYC;
Work and Workers; Transportation and Technology; and Immigration and Migration.

$8.95

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