history

Where is South America? What countries are found there? Why are some of the countries large and others small? Asking questions like these can help you gather evidence and gain knowledge.

A local college professor comes to Ella Mentry School to help students learn basic history and improve their scores on a standardized test, using some very unusual techniques.

Examines the practice of reparation as nations acknowledge past wrongs towards groups such as indigeneous peoples and slaves, and demonstrates how international diplomacy is developing a moral character.

A guide to preparing for the Advanced Placement exam in world history, featuring a chronological review of history from 4000 B.C. to the early twenty-first century, and including two full-length practice exams with answers, and test-taking strategies.

University of Chicago historian McNeill looks at "living myth systems," such as liberalism and Marxism, as well as dead myths, such as Nazism; he warns that the electoral process, and the "democratic myths" behind it, are in danger of being made irrelevant by powerful private-interest groups. In these essays and lectures, McNeill maintains that borrowings between ancient civilizations shaped the modern world even more than he had previously believed.

A collection of poems written over the course of thirty-five years by the American author in which she explores a wide range of subjects, such as her cultural and family history, her fascination with music, and the power of language to interpret and transform the world.