20th century

Sylvia Patterson's life suddenly changes with the integration of Little Rock's Central High in 1957 when she is selected to be one of the first black students to attend the previously all white school.

African American Methodist Churches -- Bahai -- Christian and Missionary Alliance -- The Christian Congregation -- Church of the Brethren -- Church of the Nazarene -- Evangelical Free Church -- International Church of the Foursquare Gospel -- International Pentecostal Holiness Church -- Mennonite/Amish -- Native American/First Nations -- Orthodox Churches -- Pentecostal Church of God -- Reformed Church in America/Canada -- Sikh -- Unitarian Universalist -- Wesleyan.

Over the course of the summer of 1963, fourteen-year-old Esther Young discovers the passion within her when eighteen-year-old King-Roy Johnson, accused of murdering a white man in Alabama, comes to live with her family.

Ann Fay Honeycutt becomes the man of the house at age thirteen after her father leaves to fight in World War II, forcing Ann to give up her childhood and tend to her family, but when a polio epidemic strikes, Ann faces the most devastating challenge of her life.

Presents information on the major dates of the lead-up to and fighting of America's major wars, including the Revolution, the War of 1812, the Civil War, the Plains Indian Wars, the World Wars, and five others.

Traces the development of modern China from the end of the dynasties through the early twenty-first century, providing photos and discussing such aspects as the Long March, the rise to power of Mao Zedong, the Cultural Revolution, and the 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square.

Uses primary source material to examine the history of Afghanistan and recent events that have increased its importance in the realm of world politics.

Discusses the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s when dust storms raged across the heartland of the United States, causing damage that reached from North Dakota to Texas, explains how a combination of bad farming practices and drought caused the deadly conditions, and looks at how people and the government responded to the crisis.

Presents a short history of the Harlem Renaissance in New York during the 1920s and 1930s when literature, art, and music flourished in the African-American community.

Presents the story of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 through the experiences of four survivors from different walks of life, and includes photos, artifacts, diagrams, and informative sidebars.