History Resources

America the Newcomer: Claiming the Louisiana Purchase

Essay

Elliott West

Geography

A History of the Thanksgiving Holiday

Essay

Catherine Clinton

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Lincoln at Cooper Union

Essay

Harold Holzer

Art, Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The Years of Magical Thinking: Explaining the Salem Witchcraft Crisis

Essay

Mary Beth Norton

Geography, Government and Civics, Literature, Religion and Philosophy

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The Age of Jefferson and Madison

Essay

Peter S. Onuf

Anti-Slavery before the Revolutionary War

Essay

Sylvia R. Frey

Religion and Philosophy

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The Culture of Congress in the Age of Jackson

Essay

Joanne B. Freeman

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Abolitionism

Online Exhibition

Government and Civics

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Slave Resistance

Online Exhibition

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

The Dred Scott Decision and Its Bitter Legacy

Online Exhibition

Government and Civics

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