How people lived in America

Traces the history and development of communications systems in the United States, looking at some of the methods people used in the past to get the news and keep in touch with each other.

Presents a short study of the history of food and cooking in America, what early settlers ate, how the food was kept, and how spicy food entered America.

A simple exploration of the kinds of clothes worn in early America and historic changes in clothing production and styles.

Photographs, illustrations, and simple text describes the history of travel in America.

Explores ways people had fun in America between the seventeenth century and the mid-twentieth, describing children's games and toys in several eras and amusements enjoyed by adults.

Describes what conditions were like in early American schools, explains who had access to an education, looks at the changes that began taking place in the 1800s, and discusses modern-day schools.