History Resources

"No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas"

Video

Government and Civics

The Age of Jackson

Essay

Ted Widmer

The Culture of Congress in the Age of Jackson

Essay

Joanne B. Freeman

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

New Orleans and the History of Jazz

Essay

Loren Schoenberg

Art, Geography

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

The death of enslaved Africans on a voyage, 1725

Spotlight on: Primary Source

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

Two American Revolutions

Video

Government and Civics

"Hidden Practices": Frederick Douglass on Segregation and Black Achievement, 1887

Essay

Edward L. Ayers

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Rethinking Huck

Essay

Steven Mintz

Literature

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Inside the Vault: John Brown

Video

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

No Party Now: Politics in the Civil War North

Video

Government and Civics