 Students are instructed about how to use the Brooklyn Collection's resources
 A student studies a historical
map of Brooklyn
 A student presents her Exit Project at our end of year assembly
 Students, parents, and teachers come together to celebrate a year of hard work
 Brooklyn Connections is our FREE Research Project program for 7th and 8th grade classes in Brooklyn. Students learn about local history and develop skills while exploring the original resources held in the Brooklyn Collection. The program is now in its third year and has a successful track record of meeting teacher expectations and increasing student interest in Social Studies.
We cater the program to help you achieve your Research Project or Exit Project goals. Our resources can be applied to almost any aspect of the middle school Social Studies curriculum. Previous Connections projects have covered the World Wars, Slavery, Immigration, Coney Island, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Civil Rights Movement, and more. Outstanding student work is displayed in an exhibit at Central Library each year, and we encourage teachers to consider NYC History Day involvement.
- One-on-one project planning with teachers
- A copy of A Teacher's Guide: Student Projects at the Brooklyn Collection
- A class tour of the Brooklyn Collection
- Customized primary source lessons presented in the classroom
- After school help at the Collection
- Borrowing rights for digital cameras and audio recorders for walking tours, oral histories, and other ideas
- Access to more than a million original primary source documents that tell the story of Brooklyn and the United States
Brooklyn Connections is available for FREE to all 7th and 8th grade classes in Brooklyn. Our 2009-2010 application is now available online.
For more information, please contact Leslie Shope, Project Coordinator, at 718-230-2706 or .
Brooklyn Connections is made possible by a generous grant from The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund, with additional support from New York Life Foundation.
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