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Creating a more engaging and fun learning experience for students, the activities in Britannica Fundamentals align with the content areas children learn in the classroom. From language and literacy to geography and mathematics, Britannica Fundamentals supports classroom curriculum while also building digital literacy.

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At a Glance

Hispanic Heritage

Hispanic Americans, or Latinos, form the largest ethnic minority group in the United States. Learn more about their heritage.

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American Indians

The first people to live in the Americas were the Indians, or Native Americans.

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Spotlight

Earliest Drawings of Volcanoes Discovered?

Researchers from the University of Paris–Saclay in Gif-sur-Yvette, France, have linked a spray-shaped drawing on the wall of the Chauvet–Pont d’Arc cave to volcanic activity that occurred at about 37,000 or 36,000 years ago, the same time the drawing was made.

See also: Chauvet–Pont d'Arc, cave art

On This Day

Erin go Bragh

In 1921 the British government and Irish leaders Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins, and others signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty, making the Irish Free State an independent member of the Commonwealth.