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Welcome to Vivid History! Bring you vivid and fascinating historical stories through colorized photos.During World War II, numerous teenagers faced the diffi...
Teacher-approved stories, resources, and worksheets for teaching about real teens who changed the world throughout history, courtesy of Junior Scholastic, the middle school Social Studies classroom magazine
- Anne Frank
- Samantha Smith
- Iqbal Masih
- Nkosi Johnson
- Malala Yousafzai
In the summer of 1942, Anne Frank and her family went into hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. They were joined by four fellow Jews and remained hidden in the backroom of her father, Otto’s, business for two years. While in hiding, Frank passed the time by journaling, and her words became a firsthand account of life during the Naz...
In 1982, ten-year-old Maine student Samantha Reed Smith penned a letter to Soviet General Secretary Yuri Andropov, urging him to take steps to avoid a nuclear war between his country and hers. Soon after, the Soviet newspaper Pravdapublished her words, along with notes and comments from Andropov. She followed up with a letter to the Soviet Ambassad...
Iqbal Masih was sold as a debt slave at the age of four, and started labor at a carpet factory in Pakistan soon after. He often worked fourteen hours a day, in backbreaking conditions, prohibited from speaking with the other children in the overheated factory. It wasn’t uncommon for factory guards to hit, cut, beat, or chain up and isolate the chil...
In the early 1990s, Nonthlanthla Daphne Nkosi and her two-year-old boy Xolani Nkosi, who had been born HIV-positive, entered an AIDS care center in Johannesburg. Fearing the community’s reaction, and the stigma surrounding the infection, Daphne entrusted the care of her son to a woman named Gail Johnson, who served as a director at the center. Thou...
As a young child, Yousafzai had a thirst for knowledge and excelled in school. But, in 2007, when the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, girls like her were forbidden to attend school and cultural events or watch TV. By 2008, the Taliban had destroyed approximately 400 schools. Passionate about receiving an education, Yousafzai st...
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The history of the teen begins at the turn of the 20th century. In 1900, much like flight or motion pictures, the teenager wasn’t a relevant category. You were a child, then you got a job and ...
Throughout history, teenagers have played pivotal roles in shaping the world around them. From leading social movements to achieving groundbreaking scientifi...
Feb 13, 2018 · The teenager emerged in the middle of the 20th century thanks to the confluence of three trends in education, economics, and technology. High schools gave young people a place to build a separate culture outside the watchful eye of family. Rapid growth gave them income, either earned or taken from their parents.
Mar 13, 2014 · A hypnotic rumination on the genesis of youth culture from the end of the 19th century to the first half of the 20th, TEENAGE is a living collage of rare archival material, filmed portraits, and diary entries read by Jena Malone, Ben Whishaw, and others.
