Smithsonian Voices

From the Smithsonian Museums

Activities that give young children the opportunity to build meaningful, personal connections with animals can be the spark for a lifelong love of wildlife and cultivate a lasting conservation ethic.

Smithsonian Education

Using Empathy for Animals to Engage Young Children in Early Engineering Education

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Earth Optimism

Elephant Crossings and Wildlife Comedy in This Week's Earth Optimism

A plate full of golden brown potato pancakes are placed on a dining table. Behind them are bowls of sour cream, apple sauce, salt, and a menorah with three candles lit.

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

Are You Team Apple Sauce or Sour Cream? A Smithsonian Staffer Shares Her Family's Latke Recipe

Horned lark chicks camouflaged in their nest on the ground in the Northern Great Plains

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

A Rare Look Inside the Nests of Declining Prairie Songbirds

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National Museum of American History

Bringing the Forgotten History of Black Firefighting to Life

A light blue and red tomopterid worm swimming in black water. A light blue credit line along the worm's end reads "Copyright 2012 K.J. Osborn, Smithsonian."

National Museum of Natural History

Explore Ocean Bioluminescence and More Free Natural History Programs This December

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Smithsonian Associates

Get Ready for the Holiday Season With These Virtual Programs

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Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Tichkematse, a Great Favorite at the Smithsonian

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Earth Optimism

Leftovers and Turkey Takeovers in This Week's Earth Optimism

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National Air and Space Museum

National Air and Space Museum to Temporarily Close March 2022 to Finish Brand New Galleries

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National Museum of American History

The Workers' Turkey

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National Museum of American History

Reviving Indigenous Food Cultures

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National Museum of American History

Does Thanksgiving Have Room for Both Thankfulness and Mourning?

cover of If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving, showing a Native American man watching a ship in the bay

National Museum of the American Indian

'If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving' by Chris Newell Exposes New Truths About a Major American Holiday

A pile of gourds spilling out of a tipped over container onto a brick floor with a bale of straw in the background.

National Museum of Natural History

Say Hello to the Scientist Harvesting Clues About Ancient Gourds and Maize

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Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

A Coffee Break With James Smithson

Theresa Secord (Penobscot, b. 1958). Ear of corn basket, 2003. Maine. 26/1694. By looking at Thanksgiving in the context of living cultures, we can make the holiday a more meaningful part of teaching and learning, in school and at home.

National Museum of the American Indian

Five Ideas to Change Teaching About Thanksgiving, in Classrooms and at Home

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Smithsonian Education

Equipping the Next Generation of Radical Optimists in an Era of Uncertainty

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Earth Optimism

Bandicoots, Jaguars, and Half-Earth in This Week's Earth Optimism

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Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Kitchen Essentials From Centuries Past