Of Mice and Men Virtual Escape Room
Following the Roaring 20’s of the Jazz Age, the United States struggled with over a decade of terrible economic troubles as a result of a weak banking system, overproduction...
Night by Elie Wiesel
Night is a 1960 book by Elie Wiesel about his experience with his father in the Nazi German concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald from 1944 to 1945, at...
Hogwarts Digital Escape Room
Welcome to the Peters Township Public Library, Harry Potter themed Digital Escape Room! This escape experience was created by Sydney Krawiec, Youth Services Librarian at Peters Township Public Library...
Vocabulary Game: Free Rice
Created by John Breen, Freerice is an ad-supported, free-to-play website and mobile application that allows players to donate rice to families in need by playing a multiple-choice quiz game....
Banned Book Webquest
Step One: Complete the Banned Books Webquest. It is worth 20 points. Step Two: Select a book, series or author that is or has been associated with book banning. To...
Fact or Fiction: “Fake News”
Before you click away, check out the games and sites below which can guide students about how to spot “fake news” online and in social media. Students and adults...
What is Glogster?
Glogster is a cloud-based platform for creating presentations and interactive learning. A platform that allows students combine text, images, video, and audio to create an interactive, digital poster. Below...
Banned Books 2020: Censorship is a Dead End. Find Your Freedom to Read.
Banned Books Week, September 27 – October 3, 2020, is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it spotlights current...
Authors Speak Out #FreeSpeechMatters
Some people might wonder if there is anything protecting an author’s right to publish information and a reader’s right to enjoy it. First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law...
Career Research Websites
The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures labor market activity, working conditions, price changes, and productivity in the U.S. economy to support public and private decision making. BLS achieves...