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Students gain understanding by applying reading strategies of monitoring, searching, confirming, cross-checking, rereading, and self-correcting.

The Fundamentals of Reading (Nonfiction) can be found at South Carolina ELA Standards

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The Fundamentals of Reading (Nonfiction) can be found at South Carolina ELA Standards

History of Radio | Kids Work!

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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!

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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!

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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...
Modern Medicine | Kids Work!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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Community Theater | Kids Work!
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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...