Perspectives library

Presents the events of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 from three different perspectives, a crew member, a first-class passenger, and a steerage passenger.

Presents the events of the Salem witch trials from three different perspectives, a minister, an accused witch, and the accuser.

Examines the history of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott of 1955 to 1956, providing different points of view.

Describes events of the Great Depression during the 1930s from three different perspectives, a government worker, a Civilian Conservation Corps worker, and a twelve-year-old girl.

Describes the creation of the United States Constitution from three different perspectives, a serving girl, a law clerk, and an apprentice printer.

Describes the California gold rush from three different perspectives, a gold prospector, a builder at Sutter's Mill, and a '49er.

Describes the Battle of Bull Run in 1861 from three different perspectives, a Confederate captain, a Union soldier, and Washington newspaper reporter.

Describes the Angel Island, California immigration procedures from three different perspectives, a paper son, a Chinese immigrant wife, and a missionary.

Describes the United States homefront activities during World War II from three different perspectives, a woman working in a bomber plant, an African American grocery clerk, and Japanese American.

Fact-based narratives examine the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in 1911 that killed 146 female workers.