history

Describes the campaigns and battles on land and in the air during World War I.

Uses objects the Americans have saved through the centuries and stories they have passed along to chronicle the production of cloth in early America.

Discusses the abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, and its founder William Garrison, describing its role in the antislavery movement, its philosophy, reactions to it, and its legacy.

Discusses slavery as a cause of the American Civil War and examines the events surrounding Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the impact of this declaration on the course of the war and the institution of slavery.

Describes the weapons and methods of warfare employed in the First World War, including machine guns, poison gases, aircraft, secret codes, and propaganda.

Examines the actions of Boss Tweed, the powerful, influential, and corrupt public works commissioner for New York City from 1863-1871, and of the political organization that he and his associates controlled.

Describes how children dressed, played, learned, and worked in the early 1900s and how new inventions were changing their lives.

A history of the Mexican-American cowboys.

Examines the presidencies of Ulysses S. Grant, Warren G. Harding, Richard M. Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton, focusing on the scandals attached to each of their administrations.

Chronicles the events of the Vietnam War and describes the branches of the military that were involved and the types of warfare and weapons used.