In-School Workshops

Primary Source Workshops
Experienced educators will come to your classroom for an interactive lesson using dozens of historic images from the BHS collection.

Picture This! Brooklyn On The Move
Grades 2-6
Examine the growth of Brooklyn. Topics include: Transportation, Streets, Traveling to Manhattan, Buildings and Street Advertising. Themes include: Community, Urbanization and New York City History.

Lesson Length: 90 minutes
Fee: $150 (up to 30 students)

Picture This! Brooklyn At Work
Grades 2-6
Compare community workers from one hundred years ago with workers today. Jobs include: teachers, factory workers, mail carriers, and more. Covers themes of: Urbanization, Immigration, and economics.

Lesson Length: 90 minutes
Fee: $150 (up to 30 students)

Picture This!: Brooklyn Bridge
Grades 2-6
Explore the building the Brooklyn Bridge and its impact on New York City through photographs and other documents from the BHS collection. Themes include: transportation, urbanization and New York City history.

Lesson Length: 90 minutes
Fee: $150 (up to 30 students)

History Hunters: Seeking The Industrial Age In Brooklyn
Grades 7-12
Examine the themes of industrialization, immigration, urbanization and economics using nearly 100 primary source materials from the BHS collection.

Lesson Length: 90 minutes
Fee: $150 (up to 30 students).

Please contact the Curator of Education at 718.222.4111 x222

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