Immigrants---people who have moved from one country to another---often have to learn to read, write, and speak another language. Here, a social worker is teaching English to Asian immigrants. ...
Learning about people of long ago
Scientists who study the things made by people who lived long ago are called archaeologists. By digging in places where people once lived, archaeologists find houses, tools, dishes, weapons, and...
Learning about physical differences
Where did people come from? Why do people have different skin colors? Why are some groups of people taller or shorter than others? These are some of the questions that scientists called physical...
Learning about people everywhere
The way that a group of people live is called its culture. Each group of people has some ways of life that make it different from all other groups of people. Scientists called cultural...
People Watchers
Would you like to dig up the skeleton of someone who lived thousands of years ago? Or explore the bottom of the ocean for treasure from sunken ships? Or do things to help people live better and be...
How do you wear your hair?
People usually wear their hair in ways they think make them look their best. They also like to be in style. But hair styles change. What looks fine at one time, may look funny at another time. Just...
Which do you like best?
Some people like decorated things. They fill their houses with carved and painted furniture. They hang fancy lights from decorated ceilings. They put lots of pictures on the walls. They cover the...
Pictures to walk on
Every day, thousands of busy people hurry back and forth over city sidewalks. They hardly ever look down at the gray concrete beneath their feet---except to avoid tripping over a crack or a bump. ...
Eye-catching walls
There is a beautiful village about 30 miles from the city of Pretoria, South Africa. It stands in the middle of wild country called the bush. In the village, the people of the Ndebele tribe live in...
Wise words
In every country in the world there are old sayings that give good advice. These sayings are called proverbs. Most proverbs are so old that no one knows when they were first said. Some proverbs...