Learning about Chinese New Year: When Does It Occur and What Is the Symbolism?
Whether celebrating the New Year in San Francisco’s Chinatown or Beijing, you will experience many traditions, from house cleaning and family dinners …
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Social Studies Help: Cultures, Governments & More
Showing guides and explainers filed under Social Studies Help: Cultures, Governments & More.
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New Year's Eve Resolutions and Revelry: Why Do We Celebrate Like We Do?
New Year’s Eve is rife with traditions and customs, many of which vary between cultures, nations and even families. Learn the origins of some of …
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Understanding the Three Branches of Government: Executive, Judicial and Legislative
In the United States of America, the authority and power of the Federal Government governs us. We find and vote for people to represent us. This is …
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How and Why Was Mount Rushmore Built? U.S. Presidents, History and Art
You may have heard of the “Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.” One of the great wonders is in the United States in an unlikely place, South Dakota—in …
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Differences and Similarities in the Lives of North American Indigenous People
You have heard about cowboys and Indians and the controversial “Redskins” football team, but the real North American Native Americans know what it …
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Why Does School Typically Start in or Near the Fall Season?
Why do North American children have summers off and return to school in autumn? Is this the way it works everywhere across the US? When do the …
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Maritime History: Learn about Ships, Navigation, Flags and Symbols Throughout History
Boats were around before the start of recorded history, but how did they navigate and communicate without modern technology?
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Why Do We Celebrate July 4? Independence Day History
Picnics, cardboard boat races, belly slam contests, red-white-and-blue stars and stripes bunting, flags and fireworks! It doesn’t take much to …
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Superstitions and Their Origins: A Brief History and Examples
While we may rationally acknowledge that these behaviors and gestures cannot affect events, we still perform irrational acts. Is this abnormal …
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How Do Fingerprints Work? Homework Help
We share so many traits with so many groups of people such as being blond, having an athletic build or even the ability to touch our nose with our …
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