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Describes the history and customs of the prehistoric Woodland Indians. Describes the daily life and native traditions of these Indians of North America who inhabited the eastern United States and Canada. Shows how they hunted for food, harvested crops, built wigwams, and lived in villages as a tribe. Emphasizes the importance of family and cultural heritage to the Native American people.

Program details the process for electing U.S. Presidents. Topics include the importance of state caucuses and primaries, how the Electoral College works, and the role of political parties and the Two Party system.

Celebrate American history and learn about the public and private lives of our Presidents; Senator Ted Kennedy and his dog, Splash, invite children on a typical whirlwind day on Capitol Hill; A little girl imagines what her day would be like if she were Madam President; The true story of Esther Morris, who started out life believing she could do anything, and then proved it. Suports early reading; leadership; history knowledge.

Analyzes the American Civil War in an attempt to define it as a defining moment in American history, and provides diary entries, essays, short stories, poems, and more to examine events from that time period.

When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, thirteen-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1996 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientists, and it's up to Jessie to escape the village and save the lives of the dying children.

Around 5:00 a.m. on a warm Sunday morning in October, 1953, Gypsy's Aunt Belle left her bed and vanished from the face of the earth. This is 12-year-old Gypsy's story as she struggles to understand this mystery and why her cousin Woodrow, Belle's son, has so calmly accepted his mother's disappearance. When Woodrow finally reveals that he's been keeping a secret about Belle, Gypsy begins to realize that there are different ways of finding the strength to face the oftentimes painful truth.

Chronicles African American slave resistance against their captors during the American Civil War, and explores how they were the driving force behind their own emancipation. Includes black-and-white photographs.

An introduction to the industrial revolution in the United States, covering early advances, steam power, the assembly line, the iron and steel industries, and more. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.

An introduction the the Cold War, covering leaders, battles, the nuclear arms race, the space race, and more. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.

An introduction to the European colonization and settlement of North America, covering leaders, the Spanish conquest, Roanoke, Plymouth, Jamestown, and more. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.