Popular culture often portrays the Feds as the most fearsome of law enforcement agencies. Yet, someone charged with a crime is considerably more likely to end up in a state court. The lesson, one of six covering the Organization of the...

Young scholars explore what the Bermuda triangle is and the theories as to why it is so mysterious.  In this mystery lesson students read and discuss the history and the mystery behind the Bermuda Triangle. 

Is screen time dangerous time? Scholars take a close look at the facts surrounding video games and violence. Pros give evidence connecting violence to video games while cons suggest there is no relationship.

Discover the music, art, and popular culture that shook the world in the 20th century.

American popular culture was many-faceted prior to the Civil War. Find out about the explosion of the number of newspapers and magazines, the many kinds of popular entertainment, and even phrenology as entertainment.

A description of many different forms of popular culture in the first half of the 19th century ranging from sensationalized newspapers to dime novels to pseudoscience. Read about Stephen Foster's music, theatrical productions, and even...

General overview of African American pop-culture in the mid 20th-century highlighting music, art, theater, and sports.

From circuses and 'freak shows' to broadsides and novels, from pleasure gardens and music halls to chapbooks and penny dreadfuls, Georgian and Victorian Britain offered the public a rich range of affordable entertainments. Read more...

Resource on pop culture of the 1960s. Part of a companion piece from PBS offers students an overview of the music, books, people, and events that helped shape the popular culture of the era. long with links to other multi-media sources.

The Museum of Pop Culture (formerly the Science Fiction Museum) is located in Seattle, Washington, and this site provides information on the exhibits connected with the museum and information on educational outlets at the museum.

A great description of the tension in popular culture during the Great Depression with a focus on tradition abutting modernism in the arts and architecture. Read about the new comic book and radio superheroes, and commonality in American...

Read about the impact of various forms of entertainment on the popular culture of the Jazz Age. The content is brief but informative.

A good overview of the popular culture in the Jazz Age. Read about the kinds of entertainment and literature enjoyed by the middle class in the 1920s.

A time of fads and hero worship, the 1920s' entertainment didn't always make sense, but it was interesting. Find out about some of the fads of the time, and who became the heroes of popular culture. Take a brief quiz about the 1920s.

A detailed look at Chinese religion, organized into the following sections: "Confucianism," "Daoism," "Buddhism," "The Problem with Popular Religion," "Kinship and Bureaucracy," and "The Spirits of Chinese Religion."

A compilation of stories from National Public Radio about the creation of new and extraordinary objects, films, and artwork that have shaped and continue to shape American popular culture. Explore everything from the hamburger, to...

A repository of images of 1950s culture. Includes fashion, types of food, cars, home interiors, toys, and comics.

A very interesting look at popular medicine in the late 19th century. Read about home remedies, door-to-door patent-medicine salesmen, painkillers, and advertisements for such remedies. Find links to political cartoons related to popular...

Explore popular culture of the 1950s and 1960s. Learn about the cars, tv shows, music, fashion, pop history, slang, and celebrities of those eras.

The advent of increased television programming helped create a national popular culture. Read about the many kinds of television programs offered in the 1950s.

Delve into the rich history of the Oceania people by exploring their art and culture. Find that the art of tattooing is much more than a popular trend of young adults.

Scroll through the history of the use of popular music as propaganda until reaching the lengthy section about how music was used, not just in the United States, but throughout the world as propaganda in World War I. Find the lyrics and...

This site provides an analysis of stereotypes of Arabs in US pop culture and textbooks, the role of educators in combating these stereotypes, and the effects of such stereotypes on Arab American children. It includes a bibliography for...

This resource explores the history of film and visual arts. There is a tour, virtual exhibits, and related materials.