LNGenZ News for Kids: History

After neoclassicism dominated the literary arts with logic and reason, a new age focused on nature and emotions emerged in the late 18th and early 19th centuries: Romanticism. Unlike poetry written during the Enlightenment, which followed strict rules and emulated… Read More

Neoclassical poetry dominated the 18th century, emerging at the end of the Renaissance around 1650 and running until the year 1800. It developed during the Enlightenment, a period defined by order that was also referred to as the Age of… Read More

For millennia, writers have expressed themselves through poetry, an intimate literary art form that dates back to 2000 BC. The earliest recognized form of poetry is called “epic,” a type of long narration that usually explores an ancient character’s adventures…. Read More

Poetry often brings one prolific writer to mind: William Shakespeare. Arguably the most famous poet to ever put quill to parchment, Shakespeare rose to prominence during the English Renaissance, a period of major cultural change that developed in the late… Read More

January marks the beginning of the new year – but that wasn’t always the case. The Gregorian calendar we follow today was inspired by an ancient Roman calendar that, according to legend, was designed by Romulus, the first king of… Read More

All over the English-speaking world, people break out in song on New Year’s Eve. From Australia to Canada, from the United States to the United Kingdom, and from New Zealand to the song’s ancestral home in Scotland, Auld Lang Syne… Read More

When people think of first ladies, they often picture fancy dresses, state dinners, and polite smiles, but Sarah Polk was something very different. Living in a time when women were expected to stay quiet about politics, she became one of… Read More

John Keats lived just 25 years, published only a small body of work, and spent much of his short life convinced that his poems would not last. He wrote during an era of disease, strict social class boundaries, and ruthless… Read More

As the classic Christmas song says, “Christmas comes but once a year” – and that day is December 25. The holiday is celebrated worldwide as the birthday of Jesus, but no matter how hard you search, you won’t find that… Read More

The autopen, a device used to duplicate signatures, has been making headlines in recent weeks as President Donald Trump has targeted former President Joe Biden’s use of the machine. In a post on social media, Trump said he has “terminated”… Read More

Earth may be the most unusual planet orbiting our sun. After all, what other can boast life –plant, animal, or otherwise? A close runner-up, however, would be the seventh planet out, Uranus. With temperatures as low as negative 357 degrees… Read More

In the fall of 1621, 52 English settlers and at least 90 Wampanoag people gathered in Plymouth, MA, for a three-day harvest celebration. What we now call the “First Thanksgiving” was a moment of gratitude that they had stored enough… Read More