History Resources

Cold War, Warm Hearth

Essay

Elaine Tyler May

The Origins of Slavery

Essay

Ira Berlin

Geography, World History

5, 6, 7, 8

Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877

Essay

Eric Foner

Government and Civics, World History

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

Female Trouble: Andrew Jackson versus the Ladies of Washington

Essay

Catherine Allgor

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The New Deal, Then and Now

Essay

Alan Brinkley

Economics, Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

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