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#TeachNYPL Pinterest Board
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Check out our Pinterest Board—TeachNYPL—for educational resources from the New York Public Library including:
- Finds from the Archives—letters from Harry Houdini to NYPL President John Shaw Billings, Civil War diaries, the infamous Newgate Calendar (the 'chronicles of crime'), archival maps of NYC, vintage photos, and old annual reports of NYPL librarians from the 1930s and 1940s
- Teaching Resources—booktalking, blog posts, reading lists, study guides (neighborhood guides), exhibits
- Common Core Resources from Education Innovation Institute fellows—texts and tasks units + lists for lesson planning Gr. 6-12
- Reading suggestions, Databases and more!
TeachNYPL - Educational Resources from The New York Public Library. Tag your teaching materials #TeachNYPL for a chance to be repinned!
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