Subject Guides and Lesson Plans - Newark Public Library

Subject Guides and Lesson Plans

The Newark Public Library received a generous grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to digitize a portion of its historical materials which are available in our digital archive @ digital.npl.org

Read the My Newark Story Activity Book and Newark Eagles 101.

Subject Guide: African Americans

Subject Guide: Women

Subject Guide: Community Organizing

Subject Guide: Immigrants

Subject Guide: Hispanic Americans

Subject Guide: LGBTQ+

Lesson Plans

My Newark Story Curriculum

Exhibits

Activities

Book List

About My Newark Story

More Online Materials from NPL

  • a book list for children about the migration experience

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.

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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.

GirlReadingThe 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.

 

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