Building America

Chronicles the construction of the Washington Monument from its initial planning in 1833 to its renovation in 1994.

A short study of the Jamestown settlement in Virginia describing the colonist's encounters with the Powhatans and their struggles to survive, and contains a timeline and chronology.

A history of the Statue of Liberty with an emphasis on the basic architecture, engineering, and mechanical procedures of construction.

Describes the history of the Empire State Building, emphasizing basic architecture, engineering, and mechanical procedures of construction.

Examines the Interstate Highway Act of 1956 and the network of expressways built under the Eisenhower administration.

Describes holidays celebrated by European settlers in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century America, and explains what "bees" were, including land clearing, food preparation, quilting bees, and barn and house raisings.

Discusses the history of this man-made waterway as well as basic engineering, architecture, and mechanical procedures involved in its construction.