This summer, the Duane G. Meyer Library hosted sessions for the Springfield Public Schools’ WINGS Explore program coordinated by Gina Wyckoff.  Fourth and fifth graders from the gifted education program worked on the theme of “Castles, Knights, Checkmate” and were encouraged to explore medieval resources at Meyer Library.  At Maps & GIS, Jim Coombs and Emilie Burke helped students to become more familiar with the geographies of medieval times with maps drawn during those times called ‘mappamundi’ and modern maps showing locations of castles, churches, and battles.  At Music and Media, Sue Reichling showed a medieval chant manuscript notated on vellum and invited the kids to imagine the possibilities of immersing themselves in a different time and space through virtual reality technologies.  At Special Collections, Anne Baker showed medieval manuscripts and facsimiles, including that of the Gutenberg Bible.  To learn more about resources from the Middle Ages in our library, explore our subject guide to World History before 1600!