New Plan to Get German Children to Vist Nazi Concentration Camps
Thursday January 15, 2009
After a near-fatal stabbing of a chief of police in Bavaria (the largest state in Germany), Bavaria is working hard to find a resolution to the neo-Nazi resurgence. One attempt to combat the neo-Nazis is to teach children more about the horrors of the Nazi era. A new plan has just been revealed which includes field trips to a Nazi concentration camp as part of the Bavarian school curriculum. Do you think having children visit camps will help stem the tide of neo-Nazis?
Read the Times Online article for more information about the reasons behind the new field trips.
Wednesday January 14, 2009
Mary Mallon seemed a healthy woman when a health inspector knocked on her door in 1907, yet she was the cause of several typhoid outbreaks. Since Mary was the first "healthy carrier" of typhoid fever in the United States, she did not understand how someone not sick could spread disease -- so she tried to fight back.
After a trial and then a short run from health officials, Mary was recaptured and forced to live in relative seclusion upon North Brother Island off New York. Who was Mary Mallon and how did she spread typhoid fever?
An Official Winnie-the-Pooh Sequel
Tuesday January 13, 2009
Eighty-three years since
Winnie-the-Pooh was first published and 53 years since author A.A. Milne's death, an official sequel of
Winnie-the-Pooh is to be published. The sequel,
Return to the Hundred Acre Wood, will be written by David Benedictus and illustrated by Mark Burgess. It is expected to be published on October 5, 2009.
Wednesday January 7, 2009
The movie
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial was a hit from the day it was released (June 11, 1982) and quickly became one of the most beloved movies of all time. Learn more about the making of this extraordinary movie.
Plus, if you think you already know everything there is to know about E.T. then take this 10-question quiz to test your knowledge.
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