history

Presents a brief overview of the systems of governments of the ancient world, from the earliest civilizations of the fertile crescent, the Nile valley, the Indus valley, the Huang He Valley of China, to Japan, Europe, and the Americas, and covers a range of goverments: democracy, monarchy, oligarchy, republic, and theocracy.

A history of the California gold rush, discussing the first discovery of gold, the 49ers, and how the gold rush changed the landscape of America.

Details, in graphic form, what life was like on the Western frontier and discusses territorial expansion, the settling of Texas, the Gold Rush, and other related topics.

Details, in graphic form, the Reconstruction era of United States history, discussing radical Republicans, race riots, the Freedmen's Bureau, carpetbaggers, and other related topics.

Details, in graphic form, significant inventions from throughout history and provides information on inventors, such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford.

Presents a short biography of Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and chronicles his childhood in segregated Georgia, his education, ministry, and defender of equal rights in the South.

Examines the history of Presidents' Day and describes some of the ways that this holiday is celebrated.

An introduction to the life of Alexander Graham Bell, who is famous as the inventor of the telephone.

A biography of Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave from Maryland who wrote his own autobiography and campaigned against slavery.

A brief profile of women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony and how she helped to further the cause of suffrage during the late nineteenth century that gave women the vote in 1920.