#Homework

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Video thumbnail — Microsoft Encarta 95 commercial 1995
Tech 1993–2009

Microsoft Encarta

The CD-ROM encyclopedia that killed the twenty-volume set on the shelf. Encarta turned book reports into a multimedia experience — clickable maps, audio clips of national anthems and animal sounds, video snippets — and hid the MindMaze trivia game inside for when you were supposed to be studying.

Placeholder graphic for School Assignment Planners
Trends 1990s–2000s

School Assignment Planners

The agenda book your school handed out on the first day — printed with your school's name, a homework grid for every class, and pages of rules and study tips. The Y2K editions came wrapped in a holographic cover that made an irresistible record-scratch sound when you dragged a fingernail across it.