History Resources

The US Banking System: Origin, Development, and Regulation

Essay

Richard Sylla

Economics, Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Cahokia: A Pre-Columbian American City

Essay

Timothy R. Pauketat

9

Amateurism and Jim Thorpe at the Fifth Olympiad

Essay

Kate Buford

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

The Battle of the Sexes

Essay

Gail Collins

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The War for Independence

Essay

Ray Raphael

World History

New Orleans and the History of Jazz

Essay

Loren Schoenberg

Art, Geography

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

Women and the Great Depression

Essay

Susan Ware

Economics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

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

Essay

Edward L. Ayers

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Economic Policy through the Lens of History

Essay

Roger E. A. Farmer

Economics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The Indians’ War of Independence

Essay

Colin G. Calloway

Geography, Government and Civics, World History

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+