History Resources

National Expansion and Reform, 1815–1860

Essay

Joyce Appleby

Economics, Geography, Government and Civics

5, 6, 7, 8

The Myth of the Frontier: Progress or Lost Freedom

Essay

John Mack Faragher

Art, Economics, Geography, Literature

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The League of the Iroquois

Essay

Matthew Dennis

Government and Civics

"The Politics of the Future Are Social Politics": Progressivism in International Perspective

Essay

Thomas Bender

Economics, Government and Civics, World History

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Lincoln and Whitman

Essay

David S. Reynolds

Government and Civics, Literature

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Angelina and Sarah Grimke: Abolitionist Sisters

Essay

Carol Berkin

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The Columbian Exchange

Essay

Alfred W. Crosby

Economics, Geography, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, World History

5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The WPA: Antidote to the Great Depression?

Essay

Nick Taylor

Art, Economics, Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, World History

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The Early Republic

Essay

Joseph J. Ellis

Patriotism Crosses the Color Line: African Americans in World War II

Essay

Clarence Taylor

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+