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The Automats are updated and back! What is an automat? Customers can place their coins or credit card in a window of a vending machine, to purchase their sandwiches, soups or pies, in a very relaxed atmosphere. Other fun facts: They offer comfort foods such as pot roast or mac and cheese The world’s first […]
I am today best known for the poem, “April showers bring May flowers! That is what they say!” Who Am I? I wrote A Hundredth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, a long poem in rhyming couplets recording the country year. I was born in 1524 and died on May 3, 1580. My book of poems was […]
The Ever Given ship has run aground and is holding up more than 160 vessels waiting to pass through the Suez Canal. This giant container ship is stuck in the canal. Here are more interesting facts with this ongoing story: Ever Given is one of the world’s biggest container vessels The giant container ship is […]
If you haven’t already, check out our History in 3 Minutes Podcast. Then enjoy this fun word search called “New Republic”. Word searches develop spelling skills, extend vocabulary, and emphasize pattern recognition. Find all of the hidden words! Enjoy replaying one of your favorite word searches. Each time you replay it, the words are reordered to make […]
Who Am I? I am one of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust, gaining fame posthumously with the publication of a diary which became a book. I was born on June 12, 1929 and died in February 1945. The Secret Annex is where I documented my life in hiding from 1942 to 1944, during […]
Hello everyone from “History in 3 Minutes Podcast.” Welcome back! Today, let’s take a look at “The Reform Movement.” Church revivals and temperance groups were organized to help improve society. Women and African Americans organized themselves politically to fight for equal rights. During the Second Great Awakening (1795-1835) camp meetings were held by various religious […]
Taste fairy tale stories of yummy desserts! Pączki have been made in Poland at least since the Middle Ages. They are uniquely filled doughnuts found in Polish cuisine. Traditional pączki are made from especially rich dough containing eggs, fats, sugar, yeast and sometimes milk. Pączki Day is also called ‘Fat Tuesday’ because it is the […]
Hello everyone from “History in 3 Minutes Podcast.” Welcome back! Today, let’s take a look at “A Growing Nation.” The building of the National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) was the first major east-west highway in the United States built by the federal government between 1811 and 1838. The federal government funded about […]
Hello everyone from “History in 3 Minutes Podcast.” Welcome back! Today, let’s take a look at the “War of 1812.” One of the events leading up to the War of 1812 was the routine kidnapping of American ships by the British. Once captured, the American sailors on the ships were forced to serve in the British […]
If you haven’t already, check out our History in 3 Minutes Podcast! Then enjoy this fun word search called “New Republic”. Word searches develop spelling skills, extend vocabulary, and emphasize pattern recognition. Find all of the hidden words! Enjoy replaying one of your favorite word searches. Each time you replay it, the words are reordered to […]
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