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These United States: On the record
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (45+ words) While Thomas Edison's cylinders were the first to play recorded sound, they were impractical – leading Emile Berliner to come up with a better way to play music: The gramophone, invented in 1887, which played flat discs. Jane Pauley reports. These United…...
Strange History Facts About US States
7+ mon, 1+ day ago (1581+ words) history hiding in plain sight across the country. Pennsylvania might be famous for cheesesteaks and pretzels...
Stevens: Geographic illiteracy Is a national challenge
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (320+ words) Unfortunately, these are not just useless factoids, boring details made obsolete by the existence of GPS. Geographic illiteracy is a threat to our nation’s character and survival. First of all, a knowledge of geography helps us understand ourselves. All countries…...
Exploring Black America: A historian’s unique path of inquiry
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (577+ words) Marcia Chatelain began her academic journey intending to work as a journalist but instead became transfixed by larger issues of religion, race, and history—“just wanting to tell stories that had a little more space for background, a little more…...
Testing puts Colorado's abysmal social studies education on display
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (1435+ words) If “public education is the bedrock of Colorado’s democracy,” as Democratic sponsors declare in the TABOR-busting Senate Bill 26-135, then why do lawmakers want to cut social-studies testing from two grades to one? Someone might conclude that not even the legislators…...
Statewide ‘Civics on the Road’ begins at Madison school
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (141+ words) MADISON, Maine (WABI) - The Secretary of State’s office and the Maine Department of Education are taking ‘Civics on the Road’ ahead of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Wednesday, which also happens to be Constitution Day,…...
Florida OKs new high school U.S. history course by Christian conservative author | WGCU News | PBS & NPR for Southwest Florida
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (300+ words) TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Department of Education on Tuesday unveiled a new high school U.S. history course eligible for college credit, designed as an alternative to the existing Advanced Placement course. “The FACT U.S. history framework underscores our commitment to…...
Local history professor tracks territorial evolution of the United States
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (333+ words) January 21, 2026, 9:56 PM With all the rhetoric over President Donald Trump’s interest in potentially taking over Greenland, WTOP asked a local history professor about the nation’s practices and patterns in this regard. Jasmine Noelle Yarish, a history professor at the University…...
Grey Cup attendees ride free with Winnipeg Transit
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (412+ words) City services in the event of a Canada Post work stoppage After 10 years, the Grey Cup is returning to Winnipeg. If you’re volunteering at one of the many Grey Cup Festival events or attending the game, you’ll want to ride…...
Tale of two politicized social studies standards: Minnesota and Texas
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1220+ words) Both Minnesota and Texas are in the process of implementing new social studies standards that brought backlash for their politicized origin, alleged instructional bias, and sweeping changes. Besides the fact that Texas boasts the beginning of Interstate-35 and Minnesota the…...