Winter solstice, earliest sunset, latest sunrise. It seems that, in the Northern Hemisphere anyway, these three events should happen on the same day. Read this explanation of the changing of the seasons and learn why the winter solstice...

Two Eyewitness accounts of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

This is the text, audio, and video [1:26] of Mario Savio encourage students to protest by participating in a sit-in on the steps of Sproul Hall at The University of California at Berkeley on December 2, 1964.

Information about the Muslim population in Europe can be obtained by clicking on this interactive map. (23 December 2005)

Learn all about the holiday of Kwanzaa which celebrates African and African-American culture and history each December.

On December 1, 1955, the late Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat and made civil rights history.

This History Place timeline briefly identifies over 100 events of the American Revolution between January 1, 1777 and December 31, 1783. In addition, there are many links to other pages which expand on the events and people mentioned in...

Interview of a New Orleans reporter who has been covering the story of the difficulties that investigators face as they attempt to identify the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Video, audio, and a transcript of this December, 2005, report...

In December 2000, while some worried over the outcome of the presidential election, the Federal Reserve was more worried about the apparently slowing economy. In this interview from Jim Lehrer's NewsHour, read about the Fed's concerns...

Overview of the life and career of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, including a link to Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" speech given December 8, 1953.

On December 8, 2016, John Glenn passed away. Glenn was a famous American astronaut.

During this lesson students are going to take a look at moon phases and sunrise-sunset times in order to learn about daylight hours. Students discover that we do not always have the same amount of daylight each day. This lesson is best...

In December, it's fun to decorate for the holidays. This instructional activity includes 2D shape and counting practice!

Fascinating story of the worst avalanche in the history of the United States. Find photos of the avalanche which took place in Wellington, Washington in 1910.

The Boston Tea Party took place on December 16, 1773 and was an act of rebellion by the American colonists against the British. Learn some key facts about this event.

The terascale, described in this article, is a subatomic region that requires enormous amounts of energy in order to reach it. Scientists hope to be able to study it with the Large Hadron Collider. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an...