Stones of Erasmus — for Teachers, Writers, & Philosophy Sprinkles Makers!

Hi, I’m Greig — welcome! Here you’ll find sharp writing, creative ideas, and standout resources for teaching, thinking, making, and dreaming in the middle and high school ELA and Humanities classroom (Grades 6–12).

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Showing posts with label public library. Show all posts

Showing posts with label public library. Show all posts

8.8.21

Travel Postcard: That Time I Visited a Public Library in Saltillo, Mexico

In this post, I write about finding a photograph of me standing in front of a public library in Saltillo, Mexico. Greig poses in front of a ...

17.6.19

According to the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man (from 2002) Smart High School Students from Queens Study at the 42nd Street Library

The 42nd Street Library (The Stephen A. Schwartzman Building) If you live in New York City, everyone knows the 42nd Street Library on Fi...

21.6.18

Everyone Should Be Welcome in This Country

I found this message written by hand on my recent visit to the Jackson Heights Library in Queens.

17.7.15

Writing About Teaching (Again!) — and When Superheroes Have a Villain Named Lester

Jerome Avenue has its heroes. Teaching kids in the Bronx at the Francis Martin branch of the New York Public Library, I learn a little b...

26.8.14

Public Libraries Still Matter in the Age of Amazon

Poets House in Battery Park City (Manhattan) is a good model for how libraries should look and feel. News flash: libraries have been ...

23.5.11

100 Years at the New York Public Library in the Midst of City Budget Cuts

At the one hundred year exhibit of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue, there were tours this past weekend of the stacks of the a...

20.8.10

Billy Elliot, Anatomy of a Scene: "You Can't Take That Out on a Junior Ticket"

In this blog post, I take apart one scene from the Stephen Daldry film Billy Elliot. Stones of Erasmus TpT Store Stephen Dald...

15.4.10

Software Review: Access My Library for the iPhone

Have you ever wanted to use your iPhone to access your library's electronic resources? Well, you can with Access My Library. I lov...

5.4.10

Graphic Design: Invocation to the New York Public Library Lions

One of the flanking lions that guard the entrance to the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan I am a reader. As...

31.3.10

Marengo Street Free Collective Library

I was at Hey Cafe on Magazine street yesterday, sipping a coffee and writing, as usual. I walked over to Marengo and Magazine and sa...

29.5.09

A Public Service Announcement from Stones of Erasmus: A Library in Your Hometown

A public service announcement from Stones of Erasmus encourages you to support your local public library. I was traveling by car w...

28.12.08

Report from Louisiana: Gay Friendly Libraries Are in Danger

A children's book that features two princes who marry has garnered outrage in a local Louisiana library. Gay books may be banned in...

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