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Yearly Archives: 2013

  • December 21, 2013

    An American Summer Camp in France

    BY Lucas Habte

    In 1925, educator Donald MacJannet opened an American-style summer camp for French and American students on the shores of Lake Annecy in southeastern France, near the Swiss border.

    FROM:Archive Fever

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  • December 20, 2013

    The First Ever Teen Drama

    BY Lucas Habte

    Beverly Hills, 90210, Degrassi High, My So-Called Life, and Dawson’s Creek were all shows from the 1990s that pioneered the now ubiquitous teen drama, but nothing came before Never Too Young, the 1965 TV show that was the first to target a teen audience.

    FROM:Tube Time

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  • December 18, 2013

    Youth Film Distribution Center, 1971

    BY Lucas Habte

    New York’s Youth Film Distribution Center was founded in 1969 as a platform to exclusively showcase 16mm sound films by young filmmakers aged 14 to 20.

    FROM:Archive Fever

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  • December 13, 2013

    Tomorrow’s Defenders of Liberty

    BY Lucas Habte

    The Victory Corps was an educational program for teenagers that ran from 1942-44, training high schoolers to become “tomorrow’s defenders of liberty.”

    FROM:Archive Fever

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  • December 4, 2013

    Krumping in Liberia

    BY Lucas Habte

    Krumping, a popular hip-hop dance style from Los Angeles, has made its way to Liberia thanks to the internet and creative teens hungry for innovative outlets for their talents.

    FROM:Youth Happenings

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  • December 3, 2013

    The World’s First Selfie

    BY Lucas Habte

    Long before the Myspace and “duck face” rose to prominence, teen girls with cameras were already taking photos of themselves and sending them to loved ones.

    FROM:Archive Fever

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  • November 27, 2013

    The Birth of Skateboarding

    BY Lucas Habte

    Legend has it that skateboarding was born sometime in the mid 1940s when some inventive Californian teenagers tried to figure out a way to surf when the waves weren’t big enough.

    FROM:Archive Fever

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  • November 14, 2013

    ‘I Am 13 Years Old Today’: Iowan Teen Diaries, 1872-1884

    BY Lucas Habte

    Teens and diaries have gone hand in hand much longer than you may think — the following excepts are from the journals of young people from Iowa in the years leading up to the turn of the 20th century.

    FROM:Dear Diary

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  • November 13, 2013

    Denver Teen Street Fashion, 1904-1920

    BY Lucas Habte

    Colorado at the turn of the century — the heart of the Wild West, full of cowboys, hustlers, vigilantes, sharpshooters, saloons and people filled with the ruggedness and mettle necessary to survive.

    FROM:Threads Ahead

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  • November 8, 2013

    90s Hip-Hop on BET Teen Summit

    BY Lucas Habte

    The BET Teen Summit was a TV show for teenagers on air from 1989 to 2002 that combined a talk show where teens discussed everyday issues with live performances from up and coming hip-hop and R&B groups.

    FROM:Tube Time

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