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Coming soon!

Thank you Fort Greene Preparatory Academy for your wonderful work! Come back in Spring 2016 when we begin Teen Thursdays again!

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Coming soon!

Thank you MS for Art and Philosophy for working us! We begin Teen Thursdays this Spring. Check back soon!

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A few words from the students of Fort Greene Preparatory Academy . . .

“My favorite thing about the museum was how the people that work here treat the people that come to visit the museum.”

“My first thoughts about the museum changed from my first visit . . . the museum is so interesting.”

“I wish that I could have explored the whole museum more!”

“Well, at first I thought it would be boring, but now it’s very interesting.”

“My favorite thing about the museum was just being here.”

“I don’t have a least favorite thing [about the museum or program] because it was so fun.”

“I do feel more welcome because everyone was just so homey.”

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Last words . . .

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.”

“Yes. It [is] a chance to share and body judge you about it.”

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A few more words from our students . . .

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].”

“I would bring my family and show them what we were shown for the past weeks.”

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A few words from our students . . .

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.”

“I learn that many of the abolitionist were really like secretive and abolitionist is also a new word.”

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Here is our culminating skit. Please enjoy!

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During the course of seven weeks, we learned about activists of the past in Brooklyn, and current activists throughout the United States. We wrote letters to activists of the past and present. Here are some of our letters.