True Facts About Teens and Media, Now & Then
Source: Teenology News
Check out this infographic which shows how technological advances have hugely changed the social interactions of teens over the last two decades.
Culture & Society
What Does it Mean To Be Human?
Source: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
From cave paintings to the first written words, human beings have been making themselves “heard” for a very long time. This section of the Museum of Natural History’s website provides a quick tour of how our use of language and symbols has grown over many, many centuries.
Holocaust Survivor: Without Music, “I Wouldn’t Be Alive”
Source: NBC News
In this video clip from the nightly news, a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor takes the stage to share the music he played for fellow concentration camp prisoners.
Greed Isn’t Good: Wealth Could Make People Unethical
Source: Wired
What motivates us to be greedy? Who is likely to be more greedy: people with more or with less? Read about a study that was designed to answer questions like these.
Revolutionary Limits: Native Americans
Source: U.S. History, Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia
What role did Native Americans play in the Revolutionary War? Did they generally side with the colonists or the Crown? Read to find out.
Zach Hodskins, One-Handed Basketball Player, Gets Shot at College Team
Source: CBS News
Have you ever regarded someone in a certain way at first, but soon realized that you had to shift your thinking? Here’s someone who has revised others’ first impressions again and again. Discover the details of this athlete’s inspiring story.
Too Much TV Linked to Future Fast-Food Intake
Source: Medical Xpress
Think about the time you spend each day looking at TV. How much is too much? Do you think that what you watch could lead to poor eating habits one day? Read an article that makes recommendations for media exposure.
“Slaves of the Marriage Union”
Source: The New York Times
This article profiles Elizabeth Packard, a woman forced into an insane asylum by her husband during the Civil War. After her release, she became a women’s rights activist who argued that the condition of women was similar to slavery.
A Dual Mission
Source: The Atlantic
Amy Guttman’s brief essay describes the tension between the individual and society, detailing the somewhat contradictory American goals of advocating for the individual’s rights while ensuring the common good.
Welcome to the Matrix: Are Humans Just a Computer Simulation?
Source: U.S.News and World Report
Stories, novels, and movies allow us to consider possibilities beyond our everyday experiences. Some philosophers and nuclear physicists have begun to question whether the science-fiction movie The Matrix might have touched on a scientific reality.