Good evening! How would you like to go on an adventure to a beautiful kingdom with a mountain-top castle glowing in the moonlight? This magical kingdom is called Schwangau [Shwang-gow] and it is far, far away in the lush countryside of Germany. And...
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Bedtime HistoryHistory of Super Spy Elizabeth “Betty” McIntosh for Kids
Betty McIntosh Do you like to play board games? Maybe you know of some popular games like Scrabble, Monopoly, Battleship, or Trouble. Maybe you even have your own favorite board game that you play with your family. One of my favorite board games is...
History of Sally Ride for Kids
Did you ever find something you wanted to try so badly, that it was all you thought about? Maybe you wanted to hit a home run, or sing like your favorite pop star, or learn to juggle. If you tried that thing–and I hope you did, as long as it wasn’t too dangerous–you...
History of the Navajo Code Talkers for Kids
Today we’re going to learn about a few of the people who were born in the Navajo Nation and their adventures that started back in 1942, around 80 years ago. At this time in Europe, World War II has been raging for two years, but in the United States, people are still...
History of Nintendo: Fusajiro Yamauchi, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Gunpei Yokoi and Shigeru Miyamoto For Kids
Have you ever heard of Super Mario Brothers or the Legend of Zelda? Have you ever played these games on Nintendo? Nintendo is a household name across the world, but it didn’t start out that way. And most people don’t realize the Nintendo company has been around for...
History of Benjamin Banneker for Kids
Have you ever been given a chore to do, but found yourself doing something very different to get through it? Sometimes, jobs you have to do can be a bit boring. But you can make them fun by playing little games while you do them. Maybe you arrange your shirts into the...
History of the Antikythera Mechanism for Kids
Have you ever come across something odd, and wondered what it was supposed to do? Did you wish you could open it up and find out what was inside? In 1900, a team of divers went looking for sponges off the coast of Greece. But what they found proved to be much,...
History of the Indus River Valley Civilization for Kids
Have you ever dug a hole somewhere outside, hoping you’d find something ancient and mysterious? How would you know what it was, who it belonged to, or how old it was? These are questions that archeologists ask all the time, as they carefully dig through layers of...
History of Louis Pasteur for Kids
Have you ever seen the word “pasteurized” on a carton of milk? You might think it means something about pastures – big grassy fields where animals graze. That’s usually how people pronounce it. But while it’s nice to think of the cows that gave us the milk sunning...
History of Skyscrapers for Kids
Have you ever looked out your car window to see the towers of a big city stretching up, up, almost impossibly high, like jagged teeth against the sky? It’s hard to imagine how people built these massive buildings, many over a thousand feet high, but even harder to...