From School Library Journal
Grades 4-6--Seibert defines a "time capsule" as an object created, filled with contemporary items, and intended to be opened at a specified future date. Yet this text includes quite a range of time-capsulelike containers, such as Egyptian pyramids and tombs and ancient Chinese burial chambers, which were not created with the intention of ever being opened by living people. Black-and-white photos and descriptions of the Westinghouse capsule created for the 1939 World's Fair; two capsules buried on the grounds of Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan; and the New York Times millennial capsule all show the universal appeal of this activity. The planning and creation of the room-sized "Crypt of Civilization" at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, GA, receives the most attention. Brief descriptions of the "Visions of Mars" CD-ROM and the MIT Sloan Digital Time Capsule, both created in the late 1990s, reveal the ongoing interest in developing new types of "capsules." An annotated guide to seven Web sites features small, but quite readable reproductions of some of the sites' pages. A short chapter provides a few basic principles for creating one's own project. More ideas can be gleaned from Tina Forrester and Sheryl Shapiro's Create Your Own Millennium Time Capsule (Annick, 1999).
Ann G. Brouse, Steele Memorial Library, Elmira, NY
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Ann G. Brouse, Steele Memorial Library, Elmira, NY
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Gr. 3-6. Loosely speaking, an ancient Egyptian pyramid is a time capsule filled with artifacts that help explain the time in which they were created. The first true time capsule, however, in the sense of being something created to be opened in the future, was the Century Safe, assembled in 1876 and opened in 1976, during the U.S. bicentennial celebration. Seibert talks about a variety of time capsules in this brief but intriguing overview. There are many black-and-white photographs, but unfortunately, the captions are so long that they sometimes interrupt the flow of the text. A list of Web sites and a glossary are appended. There is no list of further readings, probably because this seems to be the only book on time capsules currently available for children. Susan Dove Lempke
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