For the last hundred years or so, it seemed that one important ingredient for running an economically successful country was a western-style
Early New England Classroom
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
This series has nine easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: Americans by Birth and Parentage.IntroductionAmerica’s western frontier
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