Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site - For Kids (U.S. National Park Service)

Where to? What next?
Learn from Carl Sandburg and share your story through Where to? What next? Poet Glenis Redmond shares how Sandburg loved words. He used words to create poetry, stories and songs, many about his own childhood and growing up in America. Watch this exciting video and then share your own words as Sandburg did.
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Carl Sandburg's epic poem The People, Yes asked this question of humanity.

Imagine It! an education website for kids of all ages is a place to discover the life and works of Carl Sandburg.

Take a peek and investigate the answer to Carl Sandburg's question, Where to, What Next?

You may find yourself looking for The Right Word to complete a Sandburg poem, or you may discover how to breed a champion goat in Getting Your Goat. Perhaps you will discover the human traits in the city of Chicago in the activity, Uncover Chicago or you will solve the website's riddle and be able to take a virtual tour of Carl Sandburg's Flat Rock, North Carolina home and of Mrs. Sandburg's dairy goat farm. If so, you may even be able to listen to Carl Sandburg tell a story from his famous Rootabaga Stories or hear one of the songs he collected for his American Songbag collection of American folk songs.