My Newark Story

Grade K-8 with upper grade level extensions

1. Who Am I?     Supplement: Great Migration – Zaundria Mapson exhibit
2. Who Are We?
3. What Is Community?
4. How Is Newark a Community?
5. How do Communities Define “Us” & “Them?”
6. Belonging
7. How have Traditions and Rules Shaped the Newark Community?

• a book list for children about the migration experience

• Historypin
• Newark Landmarks Bingo
• Newark Landmarks matching game
• How well do you know Newark Quiz
• Word Search
• Digital Scavenger Hunt of 1960s Newark
• Fun Ideas for Documenting Your Story
• How to Research the History of Your Community
  

Interpretive displays produced by teachers and librarians based on historical materials from our archives.

1. The Great Migration   |   accompanying handout   |   lesson plan
2. Edible History: How Latin American Food Changed the World   |   accompanying handout   |   lesson plan
3. Kenneth A. Gibson: Newark’s First African American Mayor   |   accompanying handout    |   lesson plan |  activities (4)
4. Latinos Then & Now

The Newark Public Library received a generous grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to digitize a portion of its historical materials which document the Great Migration and Latino Immigration experience into Newark, NJ. The project, which concluded on July 31, 2018, promoted learning and outreach to children throughout Newark.

Baseball group, Woodland Avenue School, April 1951. Mr. Peter Rizzolo, Physical Education Instructor. Source: Newark Board of Education Photographs, Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center.

The Library digitized collections from the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center and the New Jersey Hispanic Research and Information Center. Many of these materials are available in our digital archive.

As part of this project, the Newark Public Library promoted family literacy initiatives. The Library produced and organized:

• • school visits
  • a professional development day for educators
  • traveling exhibits
  • a free activity booklet to be distributed to students in grades 3-8. Schools and organizations, please email specialcollections@npl.org to arrange a pickup. While supplies last.
  • Community History Days
    

More Online Materials from NPL

The Newark Public Library Digital Collection includes Articles, Photos, Documents, Maps & More, over 50 collections with thousands of items. Here are some other materials the library has digitized.

• Newspaper Articles:
  • Full-text articles about the 1967 Newark Riots from the Newark Evening News, July 13 – 16, 1967
  • Knowing Newark: Selected Star-Ledger Columns by Charles F. Cummings, features over 500+ columns written about Newark by noted librarian, historian, and author Charles F. Cummings and originally published in the Star-Ledger
• Handouts:
  • Newark’s Literary Lights (pdf of the 2016 publication, updated for the 350th Anniversary of the Founding of the City of Newark, NJ)
  • Printable brochure for NJ Collections
• Youtube:
  • NPL’s Youtube Account: youtube.com/NewarkPublicLibrary contains recordings out our historical programs.
  • Programs co-sponsored by the Newark History Society can be found on their Youtube at youtube.com/NewarkHistorySocietyOrg