IntroductionWhat was it like to be a child in school in colonial days? This story (The Old Fashion School) by one of America’s greatest writers
Mark Twain’s Mississippi River
This series has seven easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: Illustrating Keelboat Talk and Manners.IntroductionA glance at the map
Frontiersmen Before the American Revolution
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French in the Ohio Valley
This series has five easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: Survey of Lands from Florida to New Orleans and North to
Great Potato Famine in Ireland
This series has three easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: What Went Wrong.IntroductionThis is the stories of one of the greatest
London’s Great Fire
This series has two easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: 10,000 Houses Aflame.IntroductionIn the reign of Charles II -- the
Volcano Buries Pompeii
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The Cloud From Vesuvius.IntroductionAmong the historic calamities of
Life on the Oregon Trail
This series has eight easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Outlaws on the Trail.IntroductionThis first-hand account of The Oregon
Today’s Epidemic
by Jack Le MoineSometime this last month we hit an “oh crap!” moment where we realized that this epidemic was really big. What gets me is