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Dinah Johnson | A Literary Tour of South Carolina Carla Damron | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Carla Damron | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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...