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 Hear This!
Discover the tools that help deaf people to hear the world around them at Deafness in Disguise, http://beckerexhibits.wustl.edu
/did. The Washington University School of Medicine wants to share cool photos with you, so click on Images to search your subject of interest. From acoustic headsets to fans, see how doctors in the 19th century helped the hearing impaired. The development of electrical hearing aids in the 20th century provided an innovative and more affordable way to give the gift of sound. View original advertisements for hearing aids in Marketing of Hearing Devices and see how the approach has changed over time.
Nominate a cool Web site at 4Kids.org/nominations
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 The First Step
Take a minute to remember man's first journey to the moon at Man on the Moon, www.chron.com/content/
chronicle/special/moon. Click on Timeline for a history lesson on the Apollo 11 mission. Then separate fact from legend to become a space specialist. See the first humans on the moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, as you browse through amazing outer space photos. Many people have special memories of Apollo 11’s trip into space. Look through their stories to get the scoop on this Earth-changing event. Sick with lunar madness? Read some of the references to the moon in books, poems and plays. (This site is no longer available.)
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 A Voice of Change
Drop Me Off in Harlem at http://artsedge.kennedy-
center.org/exploring/harlem, takes you back in time to the Harlem Renaissance, a celebration of growth and creativity. From dancers to writers, meet the masterful minds that helped to make Harlem a better place in Faces of the Renaissance. Travel to A Place Called Harlem to learn all about the local churches and nightclubs that brought life to this area. Wonder how the arts flourished in a depression era? Themes and Variations sheds some light on the contributions that changed the landscape of Harlem and united its people.
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