Teaching Resources

Bats, Balls, Nets & Hoops: Stories of Sports in Brooklyn

Grades 4–12. The history of sports in Brooklyn provides a window into American history, from civil rights to urbanization.

The Civil War: Voices from Brooklyn

Grades 4–12. Highlights from BHS & Green-Wood Cemetery collections, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.

Created Equal: Image, Sound, Story

Grades 6–8. An integrated media arts and social studies civil rights curriculum developed in collaboration with the Jacob Burns Film Center.

Dutch Breukelen: Where Brooklyn Began

Grades 2–8. Maps, diaries, cookbooks, ledgers & drawings transform your classroom into a learning lab about 17th-century Brooklyn.

Exploring Pre-Revolutionary New York: the Ratzer Map

Grades 2–12. One of only four still in existence, this 1770 map depicts NYC in the years before the American Revolution.

Ingenious Innovations

Grades 2–12. Explore the history of innovations and innovators that have left their mark on the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

In Pursuit of Freedom

Grades 4–12. The development of the abolition movement in Brooklyn from the end of the American Revolution to the early days of Reconstruction.

Voices of Mixed Heritage

Grades 6-12. Explore concepts of identity through the history and experiences of mixed-heritage people and families.