For today’s American Culture and History lesson, we’re going to learn about Competitive Eating in the U.S.. Pie eating competitions and county fairs go hand in hand in the US. Pie eating competitions and the Fourth of July are also not uncommon. Today, competitive eating is popular throughout the United Read more…
For today’s American Culture and History lesson, we’re going to learn about Mount Rushmore and The Crazy Horse Memorial. South Dakota is a state in the United States that has always been heavily populated by Native Americans, which we also call American Indians. This is where both the Mount Rushmore Read more…
For today’s American Culture and History lesson, we’re going to learn about the Culture and Practice of Tipping in the U.S.. We’re going to be talking about tipping and we’ll start by talking about where tipping culture came from and then we’ll move on to how to tip properly so Read more…
For today’s American Culture and History lesson, we’re going to learn about The Donner Party. Let’s go ahead and begin with the fact of the day. We’re going to be talking about the Donner party. Just to be clear, when I say party I mean group. A party can consist Read more…
For today’s American Culture and History lesson, we’re going to learn about Oil Spills in U.S. territory. Today we’ll be talking about three of the biggest oil spills in U.S. waters and I’d like to start with a story. In 2007, I started school at UCSB, the University of California, Read more…
For today’s American Culture and History lesson, we’re going to learn about The Project Gutenberg. When I say a book is in the public domain, what does that mean to you? The meaning of public domain in English is that it is available to the public, to the people, without Read more…
For today’s American Culture and History lesson, we’re going to hear the Story of the Burning Man, an annual event that attracts over 70,000 free-spirited people to Nevada’s desert. Onto the topic of the day: Burning Man. On June 21, 1986 a wooden man eight feet tall burned on Baker Read more…
For today’s American Culture and History lesson, we’re going to learn about the discovery of Bigfoot and the search that still exists. So when you drive up Highway 101 towards the famed redwood grove, which is called the Avenue of the Giants, you’ll not only see skyscraping redwood trees that Read more…
For today’s American Culture and History lesson, we’re going to learn why and how to use Fahrenheit to talk about weather with Americans. So as I mentioned in the beginning, in today’s episode for the fun fact we’re going to learn how to use Fahrenheit and talk about weather in Read more…
For today’s American Culture and History lesson, we’re going to learn about when to use the Metric System in the U.S.. Where was the metric system born? So up until 1799, nations around the world used different systems of measurement. It made trading and commerce incredibly difficult. After the French Read more…
For today’s American Culture and History lesson, we’re going to learn about The History of the Happy Birthday Song. So you probably all know the song Happy Birthday. According to Wikipedia, it was mentioned in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most recognized song in English in 1998 Read more…
For today’s American Culture and History lesson, we’re going to learn about The Salem Witch Trials. So, imagine if you lived in a city where everyone believed in witches. That was the case in Salem Village, Massachusetts in the 1600s. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was one of the first colonies Read more…