Housewives hung wet sheets and blankets over windows, struggling to seal every crack with gummed paper strips. A man avo... MoreThe Dust Bowl
It was to be a structure like no other - the largest and tallest skyscraper in the world. Initial plans for the Empire S... MoreThe Empire State Building
As a 19-year-old heading east to play for the Boston Red Sox, Ted Williams could be heard muttering over and over again,... MoreTed Williams
Growing up in small-town, Depression-era Oklahoma, Mickey Mantle heard the same plea day in and day out from his parents... MoreMickey Mantle
No one knows why the Moai, nearly a thousand megalithic volcanic statues, were carved, transported, and erected or why t... MoreEaster Island
An NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young PeopleChristopher Columbus is one of the most famous people in world... MoreChristopher Columbus and the Age of Exploration for Kids: With 21 Activities
Henry Ford for Kids provides an in-depth portrait of the man who “put America on wheels.” You'll learn about Ford's chil... MoreHenry Ford for Kids: His Life and Ideas, with 21 Activities
Based in Geneva, Switzerland, the World Trade Organization is the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trad... MoreThe World Trade Organization
Though at first shunned when it was made clear that the Civil War was to be a white man's fight, Northern blacks sought ... MoreAfrican Americans and the Civil War
An interactive guidebook to the history and inner workings of the legislative branch of the U.S. Government Providing a ... MoreThe US Congress for Kids: Over 200 Years of Lawmaking, Deal-Breaking, and Compromising, with 21 Activities
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