Liz Waid and Bruce Gulland look at how reading can help people understand each other. Can reading make us better people?
Bruce Gulland and Liz Waid tell about Uluru/Ayers Rock in Australia. The native people and the government both claim this special place. Who decides what happens to this rock?
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In Canada, there is a long, sad history of abuse towards native people. Bruce Gulland and Megan Nollet look at this terrible history, and an attempt to bring healing. Can a country ever reconcile a difficult situation?
Are you afraid of the day Friday the 13th? Liz Waid and Joshua Leo look at stories that have made people think this day is extremely unlucky.
How did modern money develop? What are the earliest kinds of money? Christy VanArragon and Katy Blake look at money.
This week, people in the United States will celebrate the holiday of Thanksgiving. But people all over the world celebrate a time of harvest and thanks. Adam Navis and Liz Waid tell about harvest festivals around the world. During these festivals...
Bruce Gulland and Liz Waid look at the story of Isadore Charters. He was taken from his home as a young child. He lost his culture but found healing.
Adam Navis and Liz Waid give a short history of how people around the world get vaccines. We will have to use many of these methods to deliver vaccines that everyone needs – the COVID-19 vaccines. How do you get vaccines?
Joshua Leo and Liz Waid visit the history of Chichen Itza. It was a Mayan city, located in southern Mexico. Why did people abandon this city, once full of life?