Recreates the life of the rich and poor family, the housewife, businessman, doctor, scholar, clergy, artist, and writer of the Middle Ages, with insights into many customs and traditions of the period.
Topics include the Progressive Movement, Child labor, Women's suffrage, strikes, the 1919 World Series, the sinking of the Lusitania, Eugene V. Debs, the League of Nations, the 1919 Red Scare, the Ku Klux Klan, Prohibition, etc.
Presents an introduction to the history, society, and scholarship of ancient Roman civilization and examines their government, art and architecture, economy, and major events.