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Chocolate | Periscope
Chocolate | Periscope
Episode 25

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Chocolate is one of the best-loved sweets in the world. It is made from the fruit of the cacao tree, a species native to Central and South America. The Aztec Indians of Mexico used the cacao beans to...
C. Hope Clark | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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C. Hope Clark lives in Chapin, S.C. Hope has one Oepington and one Dominiquer Hen as her pets and is the managing editor for fundsforwriters.com. She is a mystery writer and discusses techniques she...
Carla Damron | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Born in Sumter, Carla Damron now lives just outside Columbia. She draws on her experiences as a Southerner and a social worker with over twenty years in the mental health system, where she says, her...
Digital Television | Kids Work!
Digital Television | Kids Work!
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We have come a long way and now, “The sky’s the limit.” We have regular television, known as terrestrial (land), cable which brings signals through underground cable, microwave signal transmission...
Television Invention | Kids Work!
Television Invention | Kids Work!
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Television is a way of sending and receiving moving images and sounds over wires or through the air by electrical impulses. The big breakthrough in technology was the ability to send sound and...
Broadcast Television | Kids Work!
Broadcast Television | Kids Work!
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The first American television broadcast was exhibited at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York City. The fair’s theme was “Worlds of Tomorrow” and RCA set up twelve televisions, which broadcast events...
History of Radio | Kids Work!
History of Radio | Kids Work!
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The next advancement in telecommunications was radio, the first wireless mode of communication. Radios send messages by radio waves instead of wires. German scientist Heinrich Hertz proved the...
Telegraph and Telephone | Kids Work!
Telegraph and Telephone | Kids Work!
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PICTURED ABOVE: Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor of the telephone The first reliable electronic telegraph machines were built in the 1830s when an American named Samuel Morse developed a telegraph...
History of Telecommunications | Kids Work!
History of Telecommunications | Kids Work!
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Telecommunications is the word we use for the science and technology of sending messages using electricity. This includes the telegraph, telephone, radio, television, and computers. These instruments...
Cupcakes for a Cure | Carolina Money

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It is not often that you will see a fully functional business run by three 6th-graders. But that's exactly what Charlie, Katelyn, and Mattie are doing. These three eleven-year-olds won't let their age...
What is Human Trafficking? | Palmetto Scene

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Breaking down the definition of human trafficking. More on human trafficking is available on the SCETV website . *** If you believe you know of someone who may be a victim of human trafficking, please...
Modern Medicine | Kids Work!
Modern Medicine | Kids Work!
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In 1895, the discovery of X-rays allowed doctors to see into the body without cutting it open. In less than a century, an entire medical specialty developed based on this discovery called radiology...
Medicine: 18th-19th Century | Kids Work!
Medicine: 18th-19th Century | Kids Work!
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Medical research and training improved in the 18th century but there were still no cures for diseases like smallpox, a disease that killed millions of people over thousands of years. Middle Eastern...
Medicine: The Renaissance (1400 - 1600s) | Kids Work!
Medicine: The Renaissance (1400 - 1600s) | Kids Work!
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Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) was the most well-know anatomist of his time (pictured above). The Renaissance marked a new period of interest in art and science throughout Europe. People were curious...
Medicine: Ancient Times (800-500 B.C.) | Kids Work!
Medicine: Ancient Times (800-500 B.C.) | Kids Work!
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Many cultures in ancient times treated illnesses with magic and herbal remedies. People believed that the supernatural powers of a shaman (sha-man), also known as a medicine man or witch doctor...
History of Medicine | Kids Work!
History of Medicine | Kids Work!
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A hospital is a place where sick and injured people go for medical and surgical treatment. Highly skilled health care professionals use the latest technology to make hospital visits as short and...
Community Theater | Kids Work!
Community Theater | Kids Work!
Episode 6

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In 1736, the Dock Street Theatre in Charles-Towne, South Carolina was the first building in America created solely for theatrical purposes. Nobody knows exactly what happened to the first building...
Kabuki Theater (1600 A.D.) | Kids Work!
Kabuki Theater (1600 A.D.) | Kids Work!
Episode 5

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Kabuki (ka-bu-ki) is a form of theater in Japan that began in the early 1600s and is still performed today. This traditional theater uses extravagant makeup and costumes, a unique kind of music and an...
Renaissance Theater (1300-1600 A.D.) | Kids Work!
Renaissance Theater (1300-1600 A.D.) | Kids Work!
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In the Renaissance (Re-nais-sance) period, from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries, an interest in classical Greek and Roman art, culture and theater returned. Two major theater design...
Medieval Theater (500 - 1200 A.D.) | Kids Work!
Medieval Theater (500 - 1200 A.D.) | Kids Work!
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Theater buildings were not permitted throughout Europe during medieval times, but traveling players, known as minstrels , kept the theater alive along with acrobats, puppeteers, jugglers and...
Ancient Theater (600 B.C. - 410 A.D.)  | Kids Work!
Ancient Theater (600 B.C. - 410 A.D.) | Kids Work!
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The first recorded form of European theater began in Ancient Greece around 600 B.C. with a religious festival to honor Dionysus (Di-on-i-sus), the god of wine and fertility. It has been said that a...
History of Theater: Intro | Kids Work!
History of Theater: Intro | Kids Work!
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The word theater means a “place for seeing,” but theater is more than just a building where plays are performed. It’s the whole idea behind what happens there. Theater is where playwrights write...