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…
For today’s American Culture and History lesson, we’re going to learn about NASA and Space Travel. In this lesson we’ll learn all about Nasa and its achievements in Space Exploration over the years. NASA is a government-funded agency of the US that stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Americans Read more…
For today’s American Culture and History lesson, we’re going to learn about The History of The American Flag. Today we’re going to be talking about the history of the American flag. And we’ll also get a. . . kind of a close look at history in general in the United Read more…
For today’s American Culture and History lesson, we’re going to learn about Bears in the U.S.. Now what’s the deal with bears in the United States? There are actually a few types of bears in the U.S.. Grizzlies are the ones you probably best know from Hollywood films. These bears Read more…
For today’s American Culture and History lesson, we’re going to learn about The Amish. All right, so let’s begin the fun fact. Can you guess who I’m talking about? So this group has the fastest growing population in the U.S.. Many within this group do not use modern technology such Read more…
For today’s American Culture and History lesson, we’re going to learn How to Get an Internship in the U.S.. On a yearly basis over 300 thousand exchange visitors come to the United States from over 200 different countries. What does that even mean? Exchange Visitor – that can refer to Read more…
For today’s American Culture and History lesson, we’re going to learn about The California Gold Rush. So today we’re going to learn a little bit about the Gold Rush. So in order to understand this magical story, we have to flash back to the year 1848. In 1848, a man Read more…
For today’s American Culture and History lesson, we’re going to learn about Henrietta Lacks, the woman whose cells greatly impacted modern science. So today, as I mentioned before, we’re going to talk about Henrietta Lacks. Just a few months ago, I decided to read the book The Immortal Life of Read more…
For today’s American Culture and History lesson, we’re going to learn about University Admissions and The University Admissions Scandal. So let’s get to the fact of the day. Right, so speaking of cutting corners and the college admissions scandal, we’re going to talk about what it’s like to get into Read more…
For today’s American Culture and History lesson, we’re going to learn about Pizza and Italian Immigration in the U.S.. It’s time to learn the fact of the day and today we’re going to be talking about something related to cheese. Can you take a guess? What do you think America’s Read more…
For today’s American Culture and History lesson, we’re going to learn about Amazon Go Stores. So if you don’t follow tech news this topic might be a bit surprising for you, and in fact it might just blow your mind. Amazon has stores where you just walk out. They call Read more…
For today’s fun fact about the United States, we’re going to learn about The Barkley Marathons. So let’s begin by talking a little bit about measurement in English. First of all we use what we call the imperial system, not the metric system. However, there are certain periods of time Read more…