Edmund Pendleton Gaines (March 20, 1777 - June 6, 1849) was a United States army officer who served with distinction during the War of 1812, the Seminole Wars and the Black Hawk War.

A map from 1919 of the United States showing the territorial acquisitions from the original states and territory established in 1783 to the Tripartite Convention of 1899 in which Germany and the United States divided the Samoan Archipelago.

This slideshow lesson focuses on the appropriateness of sentence fragments. It defines sentence fragments and discusses how writers use them: to gain the reader's attention, to emphasize an important word or phrase, to answer a question,...

Nelson Mandela was the first democratically elected President of South Africa. Through this pictorial essay, access his personal diaries and book notes to gain insight into his Presidential years.

Fascinating slide show accompanied by an explanation of the current situation in Africa as well as the challenges facing the future. These slide shows cover conflict, urban Africa, the environment, AIDS, and women. This tool is useful to...

Gain an appreciation of what is involved in building a free standing mount of a forty-foot dinosaur skeleton. Text explanations are supplemented with excellent slide pictures of the actual work.

This engaging presentation gives examples of insights gained throught the science of paleoecology. Examples are provided that show how paleoecologists use fossils to determine past climates, ecosystem changes and interactions between...

France was in financial distress in the late 1700's. In an effort to gain riches and pay off debts the government established the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. The benefits of this measure to the nation are illustrated through a...

Choose a location on the map and take a journey to a Pacific Island to gain a better understanding of its culture, geography, and environment. Some islands to explore include Hawaii, Guam, Yap, and Palau.

Thomas Nast was an astute observer of the political machinations in Washington, D.C., as well as New York City. This slideshow of his cartoons show the quarrel between the moderate Republcans and the conservatives as they tried to gain...

Students will gain knowledge on how to recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions. They will learn the criss cross method of checking to see if their process of elimination is accurate in naming an equivalent fraction. Students...

This unit teaches students about the history of the Catholic Church and slavery in the United States. This unit consists of lesson plans for five, forty-minute class periods. The goal is for students to gain critical knowledge of the...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Beginning readers or ELL/ESL/EL students. This reproducible tool can used to sort new vocabulary words into different categories.

This article examines how both producers and consumers can benefit with specialization and free trade.

By registering on this website, you gain access to a collection of photos of riparian areas in Alberta that can be used for educational purposes.

Little is known about the artist of this painting. But you can gain a better understanding of the artwork through this description and a special feature that allows you to zoom in on the painting.

Click through this PDF slide presentation to learn a definition of tone and to gain a better understanding of how it is used in literature. Slides include activities to help students see the effect of using different tones and examples...

Map of Europe after the Congress of Vienna of 1815, showing the gains of Prussia, Russia, Sardinia, and Austria, as well as the boundaries of the German Confederation.

An indexing page which includes links to a wealth of pages detailing the conceptual meaning of temperature. A hypertext format allows the visitor to quickly gain access the desired information.

A great deal of the literature on the relationship between anxiety and performance has come from a cognitive-behavioral perspective. This Athletic Insight paper examines the relationship between the two constructs from a psychodynamic...

A map of Mobile Bay from 1909 showing the city of Mobile and neighboring towns, the railroads, rivers, Dauphine Island, Fort Gaines, and Fort Morgan (Herndon) at the mouth of the bay.

A map of the United States showing the results of the House vote on the Tariff Bill of 1828 during the presidency of John Quincy Adams. The map is keyed to show the areas of votes for, against, or non-votes on the bill, and the for or...

A map of Central Europe between 1848 and 1871 showing Prussia, the German Empire, the French gains in Savoy and Nice, and losses in the Alsace-Lorraine territory, the Austria-Hungary Empire, the Kingdom of Italy, and the Ottoman Empire.

The Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region after the French and Indian War (1754-1763). The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was the first organization of land in the United States after the first 13 colonies. This ordinance set the important...