How do domestic animals differ from their wild cousins? How were wild animals domesticated in the first place? Visit the American Museum of Natural History’s exhibit on horses to find out. Click on each of the site’s many links to discover where today’s wild horses came from and much more. You may be surprised by what you find!
Why would anyone fly a plane into one of the world’s most powerful storms? Visit this site to learn about “hurricane hunting” with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron. Learn about its mission, its history, its people, its planes, and its role in saving lives. While you’re there, be sure to click on the “Cyberflight” link to experience a flight into Hurricane Dennis!
The city of Jerusalem has long been a sticking point in Middle East peace negotiations. Read this article to find out how architects Yehuda Greenfield-Gilat and Karen Lee Bar-Sinai are working to find a creative way to divide Jerusalem between Israel and Palestine.
Archaeologists in Denmark have excavated the sixth-century great dining hall at the center of the epic poem.
Some students in South Carolina trained to be tour guides for a traveling exhibit put together by the Anne Frank House Museum. This article and short video show how the experience inspired them.
In 1938, just before the start of World War II, nearly 10,000 predominantly Jewish children were sent, without their parents, from Nazi Germany and Europe to safety in Great Britain. The rescue mission was known as Kindertransport. Read this article to find out about one family’s heartbreaking story.
Almost everyone knows that the United States is a democracy. So what? Why does that matter? Read this article to learn one teen’s answer. Discover how our system of government helps make it possible for our many, many voices to be heard.
In 1957, nine students in Arkansas decided that they would attend Little Rock Central High School. Their decision led to big changes all over the United States. Visit this National Park Service site to find out how and why.
The March on Washington was a pivotal moment in the American Civil Rights movement. Read and listen to these first-hand accounts of people who were in the Mall on that monumental day.
When Abraham Lincoln became president, he appointed three political rivals to his cabinet. Read this interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Doris Kearns Goodwin to discover how Lincoln found common ground with his political rivals. Then, click on the link to read an excerpt from her book.
