11 Things You May Not Know About Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln is one of the most studied figures in American history, but there is still much you may not know about his life....
Frozen in Time: A Look at Time Capsules
Time capsules allow their creators to freeze moments in time and communicate those moments to future generations. They encourage a dialogue with history, and...
Three Kansas HS Students “Changed Poland and Changed the World”
Can students really change the world?
In 1999, in connection with a National History Day project, three Kansas high school students wrote a play that drastically...
Helpful Ways to Get Boys to Read
Nationwide, more boys than girls seem to be struggling with reading. Here are five tips from teachers, librarians, authors and literacy strategists to encourage...
Why Do We Have Daylight Saving Time?
Why do we fall back one hour in the autumn, and spring ahead one hour in the spring?
Most U.S. residents dutifully set their clocks...
Best Websites to Find Historic and Exemplary Speeches and Talks
American Rhetoric is dedicated to archiving American speeches, lectures, sermons, interviews and “other important media events.” Its “Online Speech Bank” contains full text, audio...
On This Day: United States Drops Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
On Aug. 6, 1945, U.S. war plane Enola Gay dropped “Little Boy,” a 8,900-pound atomic bomb, on Hiroshima, Japan. Within eight days, Japan surrendered,...
Best Websites for Historic and Contemporary Interviews
The Mike Wallace Interviews was a series of prime-time television interviews conducted between 1957 and 1960. Wallace donated 65 interviews conducted between 1957 and...
Understanding Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice this year will fall on December 21, but what exactly is a solstice? Learn more about how this astronomical event has been...
On This Day: Congress Passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Authorizing Vietnam War
On Aug. 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution based on what is now widely believed to be faulty intelligence, plunging the...
