But in 2018, Gwen was diagnosed with lung cancer and passed away soon after. Consumed by grief, he decided to take on a ...

A spooky night in a new country. Juliet Jegasothy & Sheena Jacob One late October evening, Juliet Jegasothy was home alone with her baby when her doorbell started ringing. Terrified, she hid in her ...

Since 2013, StoryCorps has captured the voices of Atlanta, preserving thousands of meaningful conversations in the Library of Congress to ensure these stories are part of our national heritage. Join ...

It was David Heathcote’s first Halloween in the US. To help get him in the spirit of the season, his American wife signed David up for a part-time job as a scare actor at a haunted house.

One late October evening, Juliet Jegasothy was home alone with her baby when her doorbell started ringing. Terrified, she hid in her room and called her husband, who was working late. At StoryCorps, ...

Teachers are the heart of the classroom, shaping the future through curiosity, empathy, and critical thinking. To support their invaluable work, PBS LearningMedia has launched a new Civics Collection, ...

For almost fifty years, people have been gathering in Charlottesville, Virginia to achieve something that seems impossible: world peace. And despite the fact these people are kids, they’re pretty ...

On Tuesday, September 10, past participants of One Small Step gathered for a Second Step event at the Advanced Learning Library in Wichita. About 35 people attended the two-hour event titled “Happy ...

Thank you for choosing to record your story as part of the National Council for the Social Studies Audio Archive. This is your chance to preserve a meaningful conversation with someone important to ...

In 1978, John Hunter—a public school teacher in Charlottesville, Virginia—decided to invent a game for his young students called the World Peace Game. In the game, students are divided into made-up ...