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Resources for Teachers
The Wyckoff House Museum is happy to offer teachers many resources we have developed for classroom or museum use. Some of these may be helpful in preparing for your class’s visit to the museum or in post-visit lessons. If you have a specific need that is not addressed here or would like to share an activity or resource you are already using with your students, we’d love to hear from you! Contact us.
Printable Resources
House Floorplans and Diagrams
| Labeled Floorplan – Labeled floorplan of the Wyckoff house with introductory paragraph and descriptions of each room. | |
| Blank Floorplan (Outlines Only) – Simple floorplan of the Wyckoff house with introductory paragraph. | |
| Elevation – Cross-sectional elevation of the Wyckoff House Museum’s “common parlor,” c. 1730. | JPEG |
Information about History, the Museum, and Artifacts
| House Overview – Brief historical overview of the house and grounds. | DOCX |
| A Busy Hearth – Information and recipes about cooking in the 17th-Century Dutch kitchen. | DOCX |
| Hands-On Guide – Basic information and questions about objects in the museum’s hands-on collection. | |
| The Story of Pieter and the Wyckoff Farmhouse – Biographical sketch of Pieter Claesen Wyckoff. |
Activities and Graphic Organizers
| Pieter’s Suitcase – Drawing and writing activity for students connecting 17th-Century European immigration and contemporary migration. | DOCX |
| What’s on Your Shelf? Drawing and writing activity for students. | DOCX |
| My House, Farmhouse – Compare and contrast activity based on the farmhouse and students’ own homes. | DOCX |
| Scavenger Hunt – Wyckoff farmhouse and gardens scavenger hunt. | DOCX |
Images
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- Wyckoff House Museum Logo
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- Pen Drawing of Wyckoff Farmhouse by Carol Wyckoff
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- Early Photograph of the House, c. 1903
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- View of the Farmhouse from the North
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- Old Kitchen, c. 1652
Books
| The Little House, by Virginia Lee Burton
Picture Book A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her. |
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| Once Upon a Farm, by Marie Bradby, illustrated by Ted Rand
Picture Book Illustrations and simple rhyming text recall life for an African American family on their farm. |
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Online Resources
| Robinson’s Atlas of King’s County (1890) – Atlas showing the city of Brooklyn and surrounding King’s County communities at the moment when the region began transforming from farmland to city. Current farms, including many Wyckoff properties, are shown, overlaid with the planned grid of streets and avenues. | View |
| In Pursuit of Freedom – Multimedia website produced by Brooklyn Historical Society, Weeksville Heritage Center and Irondale Ensemble Project exploring Brooklyn’s anti-slavery movement from the end of the American Revolution to the early days of Reconstruction through photographs, census records, anti-slavery and local newspapers, maps and more. | View |