Civil War and reconstruction ; development of the industrial U.S.
Fothergill, Alastair
2009
A fresh and relevant narrative about the men who led this country through change and the lives they affected, from an early idea of democracy to our first African-American President.
A fresh and relevant narrative about the men who led this country through change and the lives they affected, from an early idea of democracy to our first African-American President.
An animated introduction to the life and work of folk artist Anna Mary Robertson Moses, known as Grandma Moses, who did not begin painting until she was seventy years old, that discusses her life and the stories behind some of her most popular works.
the true story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War double agent
Cooper, Floyd
2017
The story of James Armistead Lafayette, an American slave and spy whose information helped end the American Revolutionary War. After the war, he fought the Virginia General Assembly to gain his freedom.
An animated adaptation depicting Ralph Waldo Emerson's telling of Paul Revere's fateful horseback ride from Boston to Lexington, Massachusetts to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams of the British Army's movements, and also depicts the famed "shot heard 'round the world" which began the American war for independence.
Examines the life of Abraham Lincoln, from his youth in Kentucky to his service as president of the United States, discussing his leadership during the Civil War, and his resolve to put an end to slavery.
A dramatization that describes the voyages of fifteenth-century explorer, Christopher Columbus, including his determination to receive funding in order to find a westward route to Asia and his accidental discovery of a new world.
A biography of African-American scientist George Washington Carver that reveals the challenges and hardships he experienced in order to earn a college degree; and describes his discoveries in the field of agriculture.
