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Posted by: Danna Bell
My job at the Young Readers Center allows me to be curious, ask a lot of questions, and find new ways to help children and teens connect with the Library of Congress and deepen their love of reading and learning.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts, Young Learners
Posted by: Danna Bell
Amelia Earhart would have turned 121 years old on July 24, 2018--that is, if you go by the date that she was formally declared dead, after her disappearance while attempting to fly around the world.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math, Women's History, Young Learners
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Our previous post on a recent Mars-related program in the Young Readers Center of the Library of Congress described how students studied historical and current primary sources to prepare them to discuss whether they'd want to visit and possibly to live on Mars.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas, Young Learners
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Ponder this: would you want to go to Mars? Would you want to live on Mars? What might you do there? Who would you want to go with you? We posed these questions to student visitors during a program called “Life and Community on Mars” held in the Library of Congress Young Readers Center.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math, Young Learners