Brooklyn Historical Society announces greater access to its famed archives
The Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS), which holds the most extensive collections of Brooklyn-based materials in the world, has announced two new ways for educators and the general public to access its archives and collections.
TeachArchives.org, which will launch on Feb. 13 with an open house party from 4:30-7:30 p.m., is a new website that shares an innovative way to teach with primary archival material. The website shares sample in-archives exercises and other resources that can be used to teach subjects as diverse as history, literature, art history, design, fine arts and religion.
The site also includes articles on pedagogy and guidelines for best practices aimed at instructors, administrators, librarians, archivists and museum educators around the world.
TeachArchives.org is based on the findings of Students and Faculty in the Archives (SAFA), an award-winning program that brought more than 1,100 first-year college students to Brooklyn Historical Society’s Othmer Library. This three-year project was funded by the U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE).