Interactive Timeline: Fulfilling America's Founding Principles: African American History Government and Civics
Video: Read Along "Brick by Brick" Government and Civics The home of the United States president was built by many hands, including those of enslaved persons, who undertook this amazing achievement long before there were machines to do those same jobs. Stirring and emotional, Floyd Cooper...
Spotlight on: Primary Source “Defence of Fort McHenry” or “The Star-Spangled Banner,” 1814 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 In September 1814, Francis Scott Key, an attorney and DC insider, watched the American flag rise over Baltimore, Maryland’s Fort McHenry from a British ship in the harbor. Key had been negotiating the release of an American captive...