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October 4, 2021
CNN 10 Student News is a major source of news for everyone--homeschoolers, students, and you! And it's only 10 minutes long. Will there be shortages for Christmas? Do not let the Grinch steal Christmas! Here are more fascinating facts. Did…
October 3, 2021
Did you miss it? The "Fall Equinox" or first day of fall was September 21, 2021. The earth spins once a day on its axis of rotation, an imaginary line running through the North and South Poles. The word “equinox”…
September 28, 2021
Ever feel discouraged? Most people have been sad at one time or another in their lives. Pick yourself up and do something different to make yourself happy again. There are so many different things that can put us on the…
September 27, 2021
It's Monday again. This is the day when people traditionally wash their clothes. Many years ago, a lot of women in America used washboards/washtubs and clothes lines to wash and dry their clothes. Today, many people use washers and dryers…
September 13, 2021
Remember when President Franklin D. Roosevelt created a national grain reserve to help American farmers during the Great Depression? Well, guess what? There are no more grain reserves held by the U.S. government to protect you or anyone else. Here…
September 8, 2021
Droughts out west? Flooding in other areas? Well, folks, that's because it looks like we are in the beginning of a solar minimum (cycle 25) since December of 2019. Like most scientific issues, there is much debate over the solar…
September 3, 2021
Have you ever said, "That's not right! It's wrong!"? When we analyze history, or anything else for that matter, we need to apply a concept called "cultural relativism". Here are some fascinating facts about cultural relativism. Did You Know? Cultural…
August 16, 2021
Former President George W. Bush began the U.S. military invasion of Afghanistan in the fall of 2001 after the 9/11 terror attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Centers in New York. The U.S. pursued the al-Qaida militants who had…
June 12, 2021
I am best known as the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees. I completed a 60-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. I was born on April 3, 1934. I am…
May 25, 2021
How much has the minimum wage gone up over the years? Sometimes it goes up and sometimes it has stayed the same. Whether you are rooting for it to go up drastically or just a little, we can have fun…