Reveals the lives of the people who set up the first colonies in the United States, discussing their homes and shelter, food, clothes, schools, communications, and everyday activities.
An introduction to what life was like on the Oregon Trail, describing the wagons, daily routines, food, clothing, Native Americans encountered on the way, and dangers.
An overview of life in a nineteenth-century town in which most people worked in the textile mill, including their housing, food, clothing, schools, and everyday activities.
Illustrations and simple text describe what it was like to live in the Great Plains during the 1930s and discuss how dry weather and dust storms affected the area.
Investigates life in the thirteen original colonies, the events that led to the American Revolution, the war itself, and the early years of independence up to the adoption of the Constitution.
Learn about the document written by our country's leaders which posed a plan or set of rules that the National Government would follow. It explains how laws are made, how leaders are chosen, and what the government can and cannot do.
An account of the most widely-used delivery systems in the nineteenth-century United States, stagecoaches and the Pony Express, discussing their development and challenges faced during their growth.
