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On his historical voyage to the New World Christopher Columbus was very eager to find land. We take a look at one of the possible reasons for that ...
- Added: Aug 16, 2012
- Length: 01:02
Florence Nightingale rose to fame as a nurse in The Crimean War. We explore her attention to detail in today’s episode of Did This Happen?!
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Edison invented the light, but did you know he also came up with the first string of them and hung them outside his lab in New Jersey? We explore t...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Sarah Bernhardt was a world renowned actress and in this episode of Did This Happen? we visit her backstage on the evening of her American Stage de...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Francis Scott Key wrote what would become the National Anthem for the United States. The question is, is what we sing now in the form he meant it t...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Abner Doubleday. Civil War General and baseball inventor? Explore how Doubleday may have become associated with America’s Pasttime in this episode ...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Is the classic rhyme MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB based on actual events? We explore this possibility in today’s episode of Did This Happen?!
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Every year a large ball drops in Times Square to usher in the New Year. We take a look at the beginings of that tradition in today’s episode of Did...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Did Clement Clarke Moore get his inspiration from real life stories? We explore that on today’s episode of Did This Happen?!
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley came up with the very first Christmas cards. But exactly why did they do so? Find out on today’s episode o...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
In December of 1620, the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. In this episode of Did This Happen? we are there to get their first impressions of their...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
In 1927, balloons of cartoon characters were introduced to the Macy’s Thanksgving Day Parade! Find out what happened to those balloons when they we...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
In 1939, President Franklin Delano actually moved Thanksgiving up a week! Find out the reasons why in this episode of Did This Happen?!
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Teachers Allison Waithe-Benton and Heather O’Brien talk about how the small things can make all the difference.
- Added: Jul 17, 2012
- Length: 01:32
Lisa Jones spoke with her former student, 12-year old Louis Wingfield, about what makes a good teacher.
- Added: Jul 17, 2012
- Length: 01:09
Husband and wife Joseph Isaac and Makita Alexander, both teachers, spoke about how parenting affected their teaching.
- Added: Jul 17, 2012
- Length: 01:10
Yvonne Hu-Cotto spoke with her former student, Yesenia Cruz-Ramos, about how her expectations for her son with Down Syndrome have impacted her teac...
- Added: Jul 17, 2012
- Length: 01:50
Yvonne Hu-Cotto spoke with her former student, Yesenia Cruz-Ramos, about the power of second chances and good teachers.
- Added: Jul 17, 2012
- Length: 01:30
Melinda Elder and Megan Stoutamire reminisce about the fun they had, and the mistakes they made, in high school. They have managed to get back on t...
- Added: Jul 17, 2012
- Length: 02:00
Melvin Clay, a 17 year-old student, spoke with his high school counselor Jeri Gresham about why he realized he needed to start prioritizing his stu...
- Added: Jul 16, 2012
- Length: 01:05
David Bress,a middle school teacher in DC, talks about learning how to make the most of unchoreographed teacher student exchanges.
- Added: Jul 16, 2012
- Length: 01:46
David Bress, a middle school teacher in DC, talks about how students can surprise you… in often pleasant ways.
- Added: Jul 16, 2012
- Length: 01:14
- Added: Apr 24, 2012
- Length: 01:30
In the era of sailing vessels, Hog Island became well known to mariners because of the infamous Hog Island Shoals which ran parallel to the island.
- Added: Apr 24, 2012
- Length: 01:32
- Added: Apr 23, 2012
- Length: 01:30
