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May 20, 2022 Leave a Comment

Democracy, Authoritarian Capitalism, and China

For the last hundred years or so, it seemed that one important ingredient for running an economically successful country was a western-style

March 20, 2022 Leave a Comment

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

March 6, 2022 Leave a Comment

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

December 2, 2021 Leave a Comment

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

November 24, 2021 Leave a Comment

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

July 30, 2021 Leave a Comment

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

June 30, 2021 Leave a Comment

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

November 16, 2020 Leave a Comment

Volcano Buries Pompeii

This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The Cloud From Vesuvius.IntroductionAmong the historic calamities of

July 31, 2020 Leave a Comment

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

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