Assignment Discovery

Examines the small railroads and robber barons of the mid-nineteenth century. Profiles the men who would make their fortunes and earn their place in history as they changed the American landscape.

Examines the power and purposes of electricity. Explores the force--what is electricity ? Explains how electricity is generated and delivered to homes. Looks at the ways electricity is used.

Two distinct and powerful cultures--Native Americans and transplanted Europeans--clashed to create the American frontier. Discover how the Old World influenced and transformed the New World by introducing new ways of hunting, trapping, growing crops and mining gold--and how the ways of the Europeans permanently changed the economy and ecology of Native American lands.