New York State Library

Resources and Services for Teachers at the New York State Library include:

Lesson Plans

The Dutch in Colonial New York
The New Netherland Project has developed two fourth-grade curriculum packets and one seventh-grade packet using primary documents in social studies teaching:

The New World Through Dutch Eyes: Fourth Grade Curriculum Packet Using Primary Documents in Social Studies Teaching [Units 1-4]: http://purl.org/net/nysl/nysdocs/38107872.

Daily Life in New Netherland: Fourth Grade Curriculum Packet Using Primary Documents in Social Studies Teaching [Units 5-7]: http://purl.org/net/nysl/nysdocs/35209797.

People in New Netherland: Using Primary Sources in the Seventh Grade Classroom: http://purl.org/net/nysl/nysdocs/35209732.

Labor History
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877: An Instructional Packet for Teachers and Students of Labor History in New York State and the United States of America was developed by The Friends of the New York State Newspaper Project: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/teacherguides/strike/.

Online Resources

NOVEL Databases
NOVEL enables libraries -- including school libraries -- across New York State to provide online access to the full text of hundreds of journals, newspapers and other references.

Regents Exams
Copies of many of the Regents high school examinations, - some dating back to the 1930s - are available online.

Internet Bibliographies
The Internet Bibliographies are a collection of web links that compliments strengths in the State Library's collections. In addition to links on Education K-12 and Colleges and Universities, the Internet Bibliographies also includes links to African-American resources, biography, business, census, grants, genealogy, federal government information, health and medicine, Hispanic and Latino resources, Internet search tools, language and literature, law, libraries, Native American resources, New York State government, newspapers, patents and trademarks, ready reference resources (such as almanacs and encyclopedias), science, and standards and specifications.

Collections

Catalog
Search our online catalog, Excelsior, for books, journals, government documents and other resources.

Primary Source Materials

• Manuscripts and Special Collections
• Historical Documents Inventory (HDI): Historical societies and other document repositories throughout New York State also have primary source materials. Although these materials are not held at the State Library, there are records (labeled HDI) for them in our catalog. To access any items labeled HDI, contact the institution mentioned in the LOCATION part of the catalog record.

Talking Book and Braille Library
Schools or individual children can enroll in the Talking Book and Braille Library and register to borrow books on tape and cassette players, as well as books in braille.

Virtual Exhibits
The Virtual Exhibits contain reproductions of the actual items, such as a bronze bust of Washington, the emancipation proclamation, trolley tickets and photographs of trains.