ICS Inter-Community School Library: Grade 1: How We Organise Ourselves

Lines of Inquiry

Squeeze in where you can! – The World’s Busiest Railway
Where can you find a seat on a crowded train from Mumbai to Kolkata? The answer: Anywhere you can… including a baggage rack or another person’s lap.

Ralliers: Table tennis in London’s public spaces
Hang out in London’s public spaces where urban table tennis is growing in popularity and helping to bring people together in a spontaneous way.

The Event of a Thread
The Event of a Thread” was a stunning large scale, participatory installation by Ann Hamilton that filled the cavernous drill hall at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. The centerpiece of the installation was an enormous curtain of fabric that stretched across the width of the hall. An array of swings, available to the public, were tethered to the curtain by an intricate rope system overhead—when participants used the swings, the swinging motion caused the fabric to ripple and move up and down.

My Dream Playground by Kate Becker; Jed Henry (Illustrator)
A resourceful little girl with big ideas becomes a key part of the team when a community of family, friends, and neighbors builds a playground. Right now there is just an empty lot down the street, but this little girl dreams that one day there will be a playground -- a real playground, a fun playground -- right in her own neighborhood. When she sees a man measuring the empty lot, she's sure that he's there to help make her playground dream come true. And he is! Inspired by the real story of the first-ever playground built by KaBOOM!, a national nonprofit that has helped build more than two thousand play spaces across the country, here is the tale of how a determined young girl, with the help of her family, friends, and community, makes her dreams of a playground in her own neighborhood a reality.

Designing Libraries - Biblio Toyen
No adults allowed
The library is just for kids, age 10-15, no adults allowed. It’s an idea pioneered at Tio Tretton (‘Ten Thirteen’) in Stockholm, Sweden, and has the same philosophy of working with young people to create a space they can own, an inspirational place to read, learn, meet, eat, explore, express, unfold creativity and feel safe.

Oslo Book
Forget what you think about libraries! Biblo Tøyen, one of Oslo Public Library’s (Deichmanske bibliotek) newest additions, is breaking and changing all the library rules! This is a unique and innovative space, created for young people ages 10 to 15.