The Emancipation Proclamation Robert Smalls: The Slave Who Stole a Confederate Ship and Sailed to Freedom The waters of Charleston Harbor...

The Life of "Stonewall" Jackson: A Man of Faith, War, and Contradictions Early Life: Hardship and Determination Born on January 21, 1824,...

The Battle of Fort SumterThe Thunder of War: Major Robert Anderson at Fort Sumter The wind howled across Charleston Harbor, carrying with...

The Great Debate: Lincoln vs. Douglas August 21, 1858 – Ottawa, Illinois Nathaniel Reed had never seen such a crowd in his life. He stood...

The Road to War: Civil WarA Nation Divided: The Story of Samuel Whitaker Samuel Whitaker tightened his wool coat against the crisp autumn...

Enhancing Student Learning Through Cross-Curricular Connections in Expansion West History The Power of Cross-Curricular Learning...

The Life of Chief American Horse: A Story of Resistance and Diplomacy A Warrior’s Beginnings (1830s–1850s) Under the vast, open skies of...

A Race for a Dream: The Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 (Historical Fiction) The morning light filtered through the thin curtains of the...

Early Settlers in California Before 1850 California's history of human settlement predates European arrival by thousands of years....

The Deep West – Boomtown and Cities near the Southern Border The Life of Kit Carson: A Journey Through the American Frontier In the wild,...

The Kansas Frontier Colonel Henry Leavenworth’s Mission: Bring Stability to the Western Edge The year was 1827, and the Missouri River...

Zachary Taylor: The Reluctant Hero Who Became a President In the humid Kentucky summer of 1784, a child was born to Richard and Sarah...

A Boy’s Sacrifice to Save Others The message had come to Salt Lake City like a whisper of desperation carried on the cold autumn wind....

The Golden Discovery: Sutter's Mill and the Spark of a Nation It was a crisp January morning in 1848 when James Marshall, a carpenter,...

The Mexican-American War: A Clash of Ambitions and Ideologies The Mexican-American War (1846–1848) was a pivotal conflict shaped by...

The Life of James K. Polk: A Story of Determined Ambition In the rolling hills of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, on November 2,...

The Whitman Missionaries: Pioneers of the Oregon Trail (True Story) In the early 19th century, the Oregon Territory stood at the edge of...

The Unlikely Path of Senator Henry Johnson: The Power of One Vote… In the heated political landscape of 19th-century America, where power...

Mexico’s Independence from Spain and the Inclusion of Texas in Mexican Territory Mexico’s War for Independence: A Decade of Struggle...

Andrew Jackson’s Inauguration: A President’s Mission to Redefine Washington The morning of March 4, 1829, dawned cold but clear over...