Penza schoolchildren were told about space based on the Presidential Library’s materials

Employees of the Regional Center of Access to Resources of the Presidential Library based on the M. Yu. Lermontov Penza Regional Library held classes on space exploration for 8th grade students of Penza School No. 36.

The schoolchildren were introduced to the Presidential Library’s portal, told about its capabilities and advantages. Eighth-graders learned about the electronic collection Outer Space, which includes fragments of newsreels, periodicals, books, postcards, commemorative medals and badges spotlighting various milestones in the development of astronautics. Schoolchildren also watched the films Cosmonautics in the USSR, Yuri Gagarin. The first manned flight into space.

At the end of the event, the pupils answered the questions of the quiz Space Conquerors, based on the Presidential Library’s materials.

The Presidential Library’s portal features the collection Penza Region: Pages of History. It includes archival documents, essays, studies and statistical materials covering demographic, geographical, socio-economic, socio-political and other aspects of the history of the region at the end of the 18th - first third of the 20th century.

Based on the materials of http://liblermont.ru portal.