LNGenZ News for Kids: Social Studies

Father’s Day is a time to celebrate dads and to thank them for all that they have given their children. Being a parent is hard, but imagine that responsibility coupled with being the leader of a nation. On this day,… Read More

“The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.” ~ Aldous Huxley June 19, 1865: Texas Ordered to Free Slaves – Juneteenth June 19,… Read More

“I’ve been completely fascinated with history because it tells everything about what’s going to happen next because it’s cyclical, everything repeats in general.” ~Emile Autumn June 14, 1951: World’s First Commercial Electronic Computer, UNIVAC, Was Revealed Computers today are much… Read More

“Anyone who believes you can’t change history has never tried to write his memoirs.” ~ David Ben Gurion June 6, 1872: Susan B. Anthony Gets Fined for Voting Susan B. Anthony was an equal-rights activist who fought tirelessly for women… Read More

“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.” ~ Robert… Read More

Memorial Day has always been a day to remember and honor soldiers who died in the line of duty. However, this holiday wasn’t always known as Memorial Day – it started out being called Decoration Day. And at that time,… Read More

“Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark.” ~Anne Sullivan May 25, 1787: The Constitutional Convention Began Also known as the hundred-day debate, the Constitutional Convention began… Read More

“The only history is a mere question of one’s struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.”… Read More

“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.” ~Robert Kennedy… Read More

“History is formed by the people, those who have power and those without power. Each one of us makes history.” ~ Anselm Kiefer May 4, 1494: Christopher Columbus Discovered Jamaica Most people associate Christopher Columbus as being the first European… Read More

May 1 is a popular day. It’s the first of a new month, an international worker’s day, and it is the time people celebrate the beginning of a new season. Known as “May Day,” this holiday is steeped in tradition,… Read More

“Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.” ~ Edmund Burke April 24, 1800: The Library of Congress Established The Library of Congress in Washington, DC, is the largest library in the world. It has more than 170… Read More