history

Describes some of the new weapons and devices which both Confederates and Yankees produced during the Civil War making it the first truly "modern" war in history.

Describes typical features of theaters in Shakespearean England and many of the common objects used in them including trumpets, hazelnuts, and helmets.

Describes many of the innovative discoveries that the ancient Greeks incorporated into their daily lives, including the tools and technology they used to produce their clothes, food, pottery, statues, and temples.

Explains how and why the Lincoln Memorial was created and shows how it symbolizes national unity and greatness.

Traces the struggles of African Americans from the end of slavery through the period of Jim Crow segregation in the South, to the civil rights movement and legal equality.

Presents poems and brief biographical notes about such well-known African-Americans as: Arthur Ashe, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Louis Armstrong, Martin Luther King, Jr., "Satchel" Paige, Rosa Parks, Langston Hughes, Jesse Owens, Marian Anderson, Malcolm X, Wilma Rudolph, and Billie Holiday.

Traces the history of this 4,000-year-old sport and explains its rules and scoring.

Tells the stories of eighty of the first U.S. patents granted for common, everyday things such as the adding machine, automobile, bottle cap, electric motor, frozen food, machine gun, and telephone.

Presents the history of the Native Americans from earliest times through the arrival of the first Europeans.

Traces the events, trends, and important people of the 1980s, including science, technology, environmental disasters, politics, fashion, the arts, sports, and entertainment.