This is a guest post by Amy Ribakove, a Young Readers Center intern who is currently pursuing an MLIS at Pratt Institute. This September she begins her first year as the school librarian at International School of Brooklyn. Special thanks to Sara W. Duke, Curator of Popular & Applied Graphic Art in the Prints & Photographs Division …
In this post, a former Teaching with Primary Sources intern shares examples of monuments and memorials that are represented in the Library's online collections, with some activities and discussion prompts for children and families.
An invitation to listen together to recordings in the Library's collections that use the clave, a percussion instrument often used in Afro-Cuban music.
Using the Library's collections, children can practice their skills in measurement and calculating area using the same methods as early surveyors, including George Washington.
