What Was the Dust Bowl?  The Dust Bowl was a very difficult, and dirty, time in American History.

Sources:

https://iowaculture.gov/history/education/educator-resources/primary-source-sets/dust-bowl

https://www.britannica.com/place/Dust-Bowl

https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/dust-bowl

https://www.drought.unl.edu/dustbowl/Home.aspx

PHOTOS: https://allthatsinteresting.com/dust-bowl-pictures#48

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Bats  Join us today as we learn about the often misunderstood bat.

Sources:

https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/bat/272891

https://www.britannica.com/list/5-surprising-facts-about-bats

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/general-animals/bat-facts/

https://www.konnecthq.com/bat-facts

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What Is the Bermuda Triangle?  Join us today we explore the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle.

Sources:

Stone, Adam. The Bermuda Triangle. Saunders Book Co., 2012.

Walker, Kathryn, and Brian Innes. Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle. Crabtree Pub., 2009.

Gorman, Jacqueline Laks. The Bermuda Triangle. G. Stevens Pub., 2002.

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Who Was Sam Houston?  Join us today as we learn about Sam Houston who helped Texas win its independence.

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sam-Houston

https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/sam-houston/

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Life in Ancient Rome  Join us today as we learn how life in Ancient Rome differed from life today.

Sources:

Mack, Lorrie, and Margaret Parrish. Ancient Rome. DK Pub., 2014.

Gedacht, Daniel C. Home Life in Ancient Rome. PowerKids Press, 2004.

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Puerto Rico  Join us today as we learn about the history of the US territory of Puerto Rico.

Sources:

https://www.thoughtco.com/puerto-rico-matters-in-presidential-election-3322127

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/PR

https://www.britannica.com/place/Puerto-Rico

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Ferrets  Join us today as we learn about an unusual pet, the ferret.

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/animal/ferret

https://www.ferret.org/pdfs/Ferret_Colors_and_Patterns.pdf photos

Jo 101 Facts about Ferrets, by Claire Horton-Bussey, Gareth Stevens Pub., Milwaukee, WI, 2002.

Johnson, Sylvia A. Ferrets. Carolrhoda Books, 1997.

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The Apollo Space Program  Join us today as we learn about the Apollo Space Program that NASA used to send men to land on the moon.

Sources:

Earthrise photo: https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1249.html

More photos: https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/apollo-11-50th-anniversary-50-photos-taken-on-the-moon/50/

https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-was-apollo-program-58.html

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/index.html

https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/rpif/harrison-h-schmitt

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap010523.html

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Sarah Emma Edmondson  Join us today as we learn about a woman who served in the Civil War.

Sources:

https://www.nps.gov/people/sarah-emma-edmonds.htm

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/sarah-emma-edmonds

https://ahec.armywarcollege.edu/exhibits/CivilWarImagery/Civil_War_Nurses.cfm

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Koko the Gorilla  Join us today as we learn about Koko the Gorilla who taught us a lot about language and communication.

Sources:

https://www.koko.org/about/history-milestones/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/gorillas-koko-sign-language-culture-animals?loggedin=true

https://www.britannica.com/animal/Gorilla-primate-genus

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4QQ8Mfjb_g

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