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First of All, What Is Jazz? | Periscope

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First of All, What Is Jazz? | Periscope
Episode 33
Jazz music originated in the United States. It was created by African Americans in the early 1900s. The sound of jazz was influenced by West African rhythms and music, and American folk music. A...
Digital Television | Kids Work!

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Digital Television | Kids Work!
Episode 6
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!
Episode 4
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!
Episode 5
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!
Episode 3
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...
Community Theater | Kids Work!

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Community Theater | Kids Work!
Episode 6
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!

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Kabuki Theater (1600 A.D.) | Kids Work!
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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!

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Renaissance Theater (1300-1600 A.D.) | Kids Work!
Episode 4
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...
Ancient Theater (600 B.C. - 410 A.D.) | Kids Work!

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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!

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History of Theater: Intro | Kids Work!
Episode 1
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...