history

The personal struggles of the woman generally credited with having created the first American flag are set against the backdrop of the colonists' fight for independence.

Describes what life was like in the first Spanish colonies in the Americas, discussing its settlers, social structure, daily activities, and impact on American history.

Presents facts about life for the nineteenth-century pioneers on the American frontier.

Documents the creation of the Panama Canal, from the first attempts by the Spanish over 400 years ago to the completion of the canal by the United States in 1914.

Describes disgusting details about daily life in the American Colonies, including housing, food, and sanitation.

The story of an African-American girl and her family who travel on a wagon train from Virginia to California.

In the summer of 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.

Jack and Annie must travel back in time to New Orleans in 1915 to help a teenaged Louis Armstrong fulfill his destiny and become the "King of Jazz.".

Jack and Annie travel back to nineteenth-century Ireland to inspire a young Augusta Gregory to share her love of Irish legends and folktales with the world.

Describes, in question and answer format, the great migration of immigrants to New York's Ellis Island, from the 1880s to 1914. Features quotes from children and adults who passed through the station.