Sixty-seven pages take scholars on a digital tour through the exhibit, History in a New Light: Illuminating the Archaeology of Historic Patuxet and Plymouth. Crystal clear pictures accompanied by text offer a deep understanding of the...

If you're planning on including Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles in your science fiction unit, use a concept analysis guide to frame your instruction. It covers literary elements such as setting, narrative voice, and theme, as...

Every major concept, key term, and definition that an AP US history student should know for a test prep session and the big exam is right here in this comprehensive, well-organized study guide. 

Looks at migration theories proposed in regard to the early peopling of the Americas, European colonization, early agriculture and culture. Also looks at contemporary indigenous groups, then groups within each country in the Americas.

Read this fascinating information about Pope, the leader of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. Learn how he was able to unite several tribes of Pueblo Indians who did not even speak the same language into a force that was able to push out the...

Information about the history of the colonization of America. Read about Jamestown, Plymouth, the Salem witch trials, colonial life, and the Thirteen Colonies.

Article on Latin America that provides a great overview of the region. Discussions include history, religion, culture, links to information about each of the countries, and more.

Offers an overview of the continent of South America, featuring information about politics, geography, and population statistics. Click on the name of a country to discover more details.

Overview and biographical facts on the life of Peter Stuyvesant who was involved in the early colonization of America and the Dutch New York Colony.

Provides an overview of the economy of Panama along with accompanying statistics.

A fascinating look at the exchanges that took place around the world after the Americas were discovered. This covered the gamut from diseases which wiped out 90% of the native peoples in North and South America, to farm animals, tools,...

The early 1600s saw the beginning of a great tide of emigration from Europe to North America. Spanning more than three centuries, this movement grew from a trickle of a few hundred English colonists to a flood of millions of newcomers....

A very long and detailed site from Texas A&M University with information on the military and political life of Manuel de Mier y Teran, "tragic friend and last hope for Mexican Texas."

The America that greeted the first Europeans was, thus, far from an empty wilderness. It is now thought that as many people lived in the Western Hemisphere as in Western Europe at that time -- about 40 million. Estimates of the number of...

An overview of slave revolts and abolitionist efforts during the first half of the nineteenth century, leading up until the Civil War. Read about the Underground Railroad, the colonization movement, and various anti-slavery books.

Wikipedia looks the history of Costa Rica in this general overview.

The story of how Joseph Jenkins Roberts, an African American from Virginia, developed Liberia into an independent country.

A biography of Samuel de Champlain (1570-1635), a French explorer who founded the Canadian city of Quebec. He helped colonize French North America, once known as New France, and is often called the Father of New France. This site has a...