Born: May 17, 1903Baseball member of the Negro Leagues; widely considered the fastest player ever to play baseball; also coached for the Kansas City Monarchs, teaching such players as Jackie…
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WHAT MAKES A GOOD WRITER? DO WRITERS GO OUT OF STYLE? IS WRITING FOR CHILDREN DIFFERENT? WHAT IS A NARRATOR? WHY DO SOME WRITERS BECOME FAMOUS? FIND OUT MOREWriters express themselves in words.…
WILL HANDWRITING ALWAYS EXIST? WHAT IS CREATIVE WRITING? WHAT IS LITERACY? FIND OUT MOREBefore writing, people had to store information in their heads. Writing was invented to record information so…
WHERE ARE MOVIES MADE? WHAT DOES A DIRECTOR DO? HOW OLD IS CINEMA? BOLLYWOOD STUNTS ADAPTATIONS GENRES HOLLYWOODSPECIAL EFFECTSFIND OUT MORECinema is a hugely popular modern art form that uses…
WHAT WERE THE FIRST GREAT COMPETITIONS? WHY ARE SOME COMPETITIONS SO FAMOUS? THE WORLD CUPSUPER BOWLSPONSORSHIPFIND OUT MORECompetitions define the highest level of achievement, and exist in every…
WHERE DO COMPOSERS GET THEIR IDEAS? WHAT ARE THE PARTS OF A COMPOSITION? WHAT COMES FIRST—WORDS OR MUSIC? IS ALL MUSIC COMPOSED? MUSIC TECHNOLOGY SCOREFIND OUT MOREMost music is imagined first and…
WHY DO PEOPLE DANCE? WHAT IS CLASSICAL DANCE? DANCE SHOESIMPROVISATIONCHOREOGRAPHYFIND OUT MOREWhen people move in time to music, they are dancing. As they dance, they organize their body movements…