history

Provides a history of Grand Central Terminal from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, including its construction and architecture, the role played by Cornelius Vanderbilt, and facts about railroads in general.

Discusses the life cycle of the bison, its role in the settlement of the American West, and its near extinction.

An account of the history of the airplane including how the airplanes of the past evolved into today's aircraft.

A short biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., introducing related vocabulary.

Describes what it was like to live in the Great Plains during the 1930s and discusses how dry weather and dust storms affected the area.

Examines the life and accomplishments of Rosa Parks, as well as her impact on the civil rights movement.

Discusses the Civil War and Reconstruction and their effects on the nation and on black Americans in particular.

A brief biography of the man whose Model T automobile made the gasoline powered car affordable to Americans, selling in 1908 for eight hundred and twenty-five dollars.

Describes the social and economic climate of the sixteenth century by focusing on the life of an apprentice to a mapmaker living in Spain during the age of exploration.

Presents forty examples of human shelters from times and locations around the world, and includes text which discusses how the ideals and beliefs of people from different cultures influenced their dwelling places.