Two great authors , C.S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, are chatting about going to “the bod”.

Let’s go with them…Before you can go, you must earn your ticket: Name one book from each

author and then away we go!!!

Let’s go to “the BOD”

Yes! Here are some other books by Lewis and Tolkien: “The Narnia Chronicles” (Lewis) and (Tolkien’s) “The Lord of the Rings”.All aboard your web field trip begins now….

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodleian_LibraryGo to the link:

Where and what is Bodleian Library?

Entrance to the Library, with the coats-of-arms of several Oxford colleges

History of the Bodleian Library

http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley/about/history

What are the architectural features?

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/england/oxford-bodleian-library

These actors don’t look Gothic

Hey, what the heck…what are those people doing in the Library?

http://www.britainbyheart.com/tag/bodleian-library/

What rare books are protected in the library?

http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley/library/special/rarebooks

Who can use the Bodleian and how?http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/card/use/

What rules do you need to follow then using the Bodleian?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9327429/Bodleian-Library-considers-lending-books-after-410-years.html

I hereby undertake not to remove from the Library, nor to mark, deface, or injure in any way, any volume, document or other object belonging to it or in its custody; not to bring into the Library, or kindle therein, any fire or flame, and not to smoke in the Library; and I promise to obey all rules of the Library.

Latin oath:- Do fidem me nullum librum vel instrumentum aliamve quam rem ad bibliothecam pertinentem, vel ibi custodiae causa depositam, aut e bibliotheca sublaturum esse, aut foedaturum deformaturum aliove quo modo laesurum; item neque ignem nec flammam in bibliothecam inlaturum vel in ea accensurum, neque fumo nicotiano aliove quovis ibi usurum; item promitto me omnes leges ad bibliothecam Bodleianam attinentes semper observaturum esse.

What is Shakespeare’s first folio?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2012/aug/02/bodleian-shakespeare-first-folio-online

How did Frankenstein get in to the Library?

http://shelleysghost.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/frankenstein-in-oxford

Has the Bodleian Library had many construction projects or additions?

http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/features/9158458.New_era_awaits_Bodleian/

Hey, you need to earn your ticket back to class. Here’s how.

Create a “t graph” showing how the ancient Bodleian and the modern Bodleian are the same.

Create a “t graph” showing how they are different. Good luck web travelers!