Activity
Read Works

Read Works: A New Kind of Library

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended to support elementary students' reading comprehension, information is shared about the history of the New York Public Library and how the purpose of libraries have transformed over the years....
Lesson Plan
British Library

British Library:dickens's Oliver Twist:the Criminal World of 19th Century London

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity encourages students to explore the real-life context of Oliver Twist, using a range of sources to find information about crime in 19th-century London. Students will work in groups to discover: the types of crimes that...
Handout
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: American Civil War: African American Lives

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of digital resources gathered from public libraries, archives, and museums about African American lives in the Civil War. Here you can discover the variety of African American experiences of the Civil War.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Fridtjof Nansen

For Students 4th - 6th
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Fridtjof Nansen by Jacob Breda Bull, a fiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Green Fairy Book

For Students 4th - 6th
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Green Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, a fiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Hero Chums

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Hero-chums by Will Allen Dromgoole, a fiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Horse and His Ways

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of The Horse and His Ways, a fiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Ingoldsby Legends

For Students 4th - 6th
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of The Ingoldsby Legends by Thomas Ingoldsby, a fiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Monkey That Would Not Kill

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of The Monkey that Would Not Kill by Henry Drummond, a fiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Peter in Trouble

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Peter in Trouble, a book of poems for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Pilot of the Mayflower

For Students 2nd - 4th
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of The Pilot of the Mayflower by Hezekiah Butterworth, a fiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: A Puzzling Pair

For Students 4th - 6th
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of A Puzzling Pair by Amy LeFeuvre, a fiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Two Little Runaways

For Students 4th - 6th
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Two Little Runaways by James Buckland, a fiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: What Came of a Tiger Hunt

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of What Came of a Tiger Hunt by E. L. Oxley, a fiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Across the Continent

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of Across the Continent by Kate Tannatt Woods, a fiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Boys' and Girls' Alphabet

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of Boys' and Girls' Alphabet, an alphabet book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Childhood's Songs of Long Ago

For Students K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of Childhood's Songs of Long Ago by Isaac Watts, a book of poems for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Children in the Wood

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of Children in the Wood, a fiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The First Trousers

For Students 2nd - 4th
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of The First Trousers by E. Veale, a fiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Goody Two Shoes

For Students 1st - 3rd
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of Goody Two Shoes, a fiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Holiday Fun

For Students 1st - 3rd
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of Holiday Fun, a book of poems and stories for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Three Lambs and Other Stories

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of The Three Lambs and Other Stories, a fiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Young Folks' Robinson Crusoe

For Students 2nd - 4th
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of The Young Folks' Robinson Crusoe by Thomas Robert Macquoid, a fiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: American Indians

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1899 publication of American Indians by Frederick Starr, a nonfiction book for children.