(bright music) - Hi, my name is Joe Welch, a history teacher at North Hills, and this is my Teachable Moment.

Today we're gonna go out into the neighborhood and look for a street that is named after somebody famous, and then figure out why that person is famous.

So here we go.

Let's go and take a walk together.

(bright music) - Hey, Dad, it's Grant Circle.

- It is Grant Circle.

Let's see if we can figure out why Grant Circle is named after Grant.

Let's go home and check it out.

All right, Julia, I think it might be because of a man named Ulysses Grant.

I'm on a website called PBS Learning Media.

I typed in his name, and hey, look at that.

There's a 60-second video about President Grant.

Should we watch it?

(bright music) - That was fun.

Grant was the 18th president.

- And a famous Civil War general.

I hope you had fun.

I challenge you to go out into your neighborhood and find a street named after somebody famous.

Have fun.

- Bye, friends!

- Bye!

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