Christmas at the first residence has evolved from an understated, intimate affair in 1800 to an all-out media event.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains a simple lesson covering some basic information about Kwanzaa. Activities include using the paint bucket to highlight key vocabulary words, coloring the candles of the kinara,...

Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. This one uses...

Science activity shows how a candle is extinguished invisibly,

Learn about the holiest day in the Jewish week. Features include an explanation of shabbat and coloring pages for children.

Learn more about Hanukkah with this resource. There are craft ideas, recipes, and blessings in Hebrew.

A reference page that list items that may have been found in a house in the seventeenth or eighteenth century. Also included is a companion worksheet.

An oil lamp. The Greeks and Romans originally used candles; but in later times candles were chiefly confined to the houses of the lower classes. A great number of ancient lamps has come down to us; the greater part of which are made of...

An oil lamp. The Greeks and Romans originally used candles; but in later times candles were chiefly confined to the houses of the lower classes. A great number of ancient lamps has come down to us; the greater part of which are made of...

Lampadedromia, torch-race, and often simply, Lampas, was a game common throughout Greece. At Athens we know of five celebrations of this game: one to Prometheus at the Prometheia, a second to Minerva at the Panametheia, a third to Vulcan...

This photo shows a candle flame in microgravity.

An image of "Gentleman Offering a Lady a Ring in a Candlelit Bedroom", created by Godfried Schalcken, c. 1698 (Oil on panel, 37 x 29 cm).