Listen to chapter two of "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds here.

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Ghost Chapter 2: World Record for the Fasted Tryout Ever

Al-Bustan seeds were originally created for Hazami Sayed’s two sons but then it turned into something for the whole community to share. This specific community was for Arabic language, art, and culture.

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Philadelphia General hospital opened in 1733 and it served a wide variety of people, and in particular people who suffered from mental illness or who didn’t have a lot of money. It was the first hospital of it’s kind and help make our city a leader in medicine. Photo Credit: http://www.philadelphia-reflections.com/

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ENIAC is the first computer in history and it was made at the University of Pennsylvania. It was created to help win World War II. It continues to shape our world today. Photo Credit:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC 

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UPenn, which stands for the University of Pennsylvania, is a large university (college) in Philadelphia. It was founded by Benjamin Franklin. Today, it has lots of students, faculty, and staff that are connected. Photo Credit: https://ware.house.upenn.edu/front 

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Philadanco is an African-American dance school created by Joan Myers Brown who was a dancer herself since the age of six years old. Philadanco has been open since 1970. In Philadanco you will do jazz and ballet. Philadanco is located at 9 N Preston street. Photo Credit:   Meshell Ndegeoc

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5th and 6th graders at Science Leadership Academy Middle School created a walking tour of historical sites of bravery in their school's neighborhood. These are the podcasts from that tour.

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Bravery in the Neighborhood

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