history

Describes the seven teams that make up the Midwest Division of the National Basketball Association, their histories, famous players, and statistics.

Presents historical profiles of each of the eight teams in the Central Division of the National Basketball Association, and includes statistics, a glossary, and a time line.

Describes the seven teams that make up the Atlantic Division of the National Basketball Association, their histories, famous players, and statistics.

Chronicles the race to build the first railroad to cross the North American continent.

Examines the life of Abraham Lincoln in the context of the spread of slavery in the United States, and discusses his actions as a politician to eliminate slavery with the Emancipation Proclamation.

Describes the experiences of African-Americans who were recruited by the Union to fight in the Civil War.

Explores the history of protest and rebellion against slavery in the American colonies and later the United States from 1619 to 1865.

Provides an account of the trials that took place in Salem Village in 1692 after two young girls claimed several of the community's women were witches, and discusses the mass hysteria that gripped Salem in the wake of the accusations.

Examines events that led to the Salem Witch Trials in late seventeenth-century Massachusetts, reviews the history of the actual trials, and discuses the end of the hysteria after nearly twenty innocent people had been put to death.

Describes the seven teams that make up the Pacific Division of the National Basketball Association, their histories, famous players, and statistics.