Teen Thursdays at Brooklyn Historical Society

Would you recommend Teen Thursdays to other 7th and 8th graders? Why?

“I would. They would get a head start [at] history and be one step ahead.”

“Yes. I would because it is a good idea to learn about the area you live in through history.”

“I would recommend Teen Thursdays to others because you will learn things you didn’t know about history.”

Who will you bring to the Cultural Institution and what will you show them?

“I would bring my dad. I would show him the library because he loves things like this.”

“I would bring my cousin . . . so that way next year when she’s in 8th grade, she could have a head start [at learning] history.”

“I would bring my mom and my sister. I would show them the IPOF [In Pursuit of Freedom exhibition].”

What did you learn from participating in Teen Thursdays?

“I learned about activist and how everyone can be an activist. Some activist are subversive. And, how they would have mock actions [Henry Ward Beecher and Mock Slave Auctions].”

“I learned about different activist and what they have done from Brooklyn.”

“I learned that there was a lot of activist outside of M.L.K.”

“I had learn new thing about the past and how it can connects to the current day.”