Since the era of "silent films," moving pictures are an important part of worldwide culture. How did movies get their start? What are the stories behind the movies? Enjoy hundreds of stories in this Collection.
As a result of the stock-market crash, and the ensuing great depression, some rich people ended up in "the poor house.
Georgi Zelma (1906-1984) was born in the town of Tashkent in Uzbekistan (which, for a time, was one of the fifteen Republics of the Soviet Union).
Alice Paul was born on January 11, 1885. A leading suffragist, she fights hard to give women the right to vote.
As the day of the parade draws closer, Alice Paul and Lucy Burns meet Inez Milholland.
Particle accelerators help scientists to investigate the infinitely large by examining the infinitely small.
A superconducting phenomenon occurs inside the Large Hadron Collider. Electrons gather in pairs (instead of their natural tendency to repel each othe...
This NASA video explains Super Moons (and why they are so bright and beautiful).
During the 14th century, when the plague struck Europe, even doctors were unsure what was happening.
Imagining what it would be like to have alter-ego boys, both aged 9, living on opposite sides of the Auschwitz fence, John Boyne creates a sobering st...
Sir John Hurt, who died on 25 January 2017, portrayed ''The Elephant Man.'' When thinking about character education, we'd do well to examine the life ...
At nearly midnight, on the 4th of November 1605, Guy Fawkes was hours away from blowing up the Houses of Parliament.
In 1927, "The Jazz Singer," became the first "talkie" picture.
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