AGENCY TESTIMONY
Centers for Educators and Schools' civics initiatives
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Dr. McNeil outlines the efforts of NYPL's Centers for Educators and Schools in bringing civics to life for school librarians, educators, and students. These initiatives focus on teaching research skills using NYPL resources and primary sources to create civics-forward educational materials.
- Mentions the creation of guides on subjects like Black New Yorkers commemorating emancipation and Jewish activism in housing reform
- Describes free field trips to the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building featuring the Polonsky Exhibition
- Highlights workshops for educators on civic themes and how to incorporate them into classrooms
- Notes upcoming civics workshops aligned with NYC public schools' new Seal of Civic Readiness
Dr. Brandy McNeil
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The library's centers for educators and schools bring civics to life for school librarians, educators, and students by teaching them to conduct civics research using NYPD databases, resources, and using the library's primary sources to create civics forward guides on subjects like Black New Yorkers commemorating emancipation, Jewish activism and housing reform, and censorship and and the freedom to read in the 20th century.
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Our Center for Educators in School also offers free field trips to the Stephen a Schwartzman Building featuring the Polinsky Exhibition of the New York Public Library's Treasures and workshops for educators to build their knowledge and understanding of civic themes, and how to bring them into the classroom.
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This fall, we're hosting civics workshops for educators to help them teach their students how to use library resources, to conduct historical and contemporary research on housing activism and regulation aligned with the New York City public schools' new seal of civic readiness.
