gallery tours and art activity

Teachers - Bring Your Class!
The Queens Library Gallery invites you to bring your class for a free tour of the current exhibit on view, From Burgh to Borough: Queens Enters the 20th Century. This exhibit features extraordinary photographs of bridges, tunnels and residential neighborhoods from the 1890s-1950s.

What area of Queens is your class from? Let us know and our Gallery staff will plan a spotlight on your neighborhood.

Give your students the opportunity to learn about the history of their neighborhood and borough. This tour will also include a free art activity to reinforce the Gallery tour.
Use this exhibit to generate classroom discussion about:


			Free Gallery Tour and Art Activity
			All ages are welcome. To schedule a free tour and art related activity please call 718.990.8665


	Teachers - Bring Your Class! The Queens Library Gallery invites you to bring your class for a free tour of the current exhibit on view, From Burgh to Borough: Queens Enters the 20th Century. This exhibit features extraordinary photographs of bridges, tunnels and residential neighborhoods from the 1890s-1950s. What area of Queens is your class from? Let us know and our Gallery staff will plan a spotlight on your neighborhood. Give your students the opportunity to learn about the history of their neighborhood and borough. This tour will also include a free art activity to reinforce the Gallery tour. Use this exhibit to generate classroom discussion about: Queens History Changing Communities Urban Development Architecture / Drafting
Now Available, Free of Charge! From Burgh to Borough Teacher’s Resource Guide. (This file is in PDF Format. Adobe Acrobat reader required for viewing.) The Resource Guide teaches local Queens history. It also encourages critical thinking, as well as verbal and visual literacy skills, by analyzing primary resource materials and historical documents. This guide is particularly useful for practitioners of urban history, American history, American Studies and political science, with curriculum mandates focused from the 1890s through 1960. Click here to open this PDF file or call 718.990.8665 to order a free copy.
	All exhibitions and programs are free of charge and open to the public during Central Library hours.



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