Here's a more detailed list of January Holidays and Events with homeschool worksheets, coloring pages and activities to provide teachable moments for January 2nd: Georgia Ratification Day - Who founded the Girl Scouts? National Speed Limit Imposed - What caused the 1973 Energy Crisis and how did it affect school children? Open Door...

There's a new elephant species roaming around Africa and the surprising thing is that it's been there all along. The African forest elephant—once considered to be a forest-dwelling population of their sister species, the African elephant—is a seperate species in its own right. This means that instead of just two...

Over the past few weeks, Contributing Writer Nicoletta Maestri has been assembling a new guide to the prehistoric cultures of the Northwest Coast of North America. Totem Pole in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Photograph taken by Theodor Horydczak, ca 1920-1950. Photo Credit: Library of Congress, Theodor Horydczak Collection, LC-H822-0798-002-x The Northwest...