Kids learn about the beginning of the European Renaissance in history. Learn how the European Renaissance got started?

Kids learn about the events and timeline of the European Renaissance in history on this site. Learn about the rebirth in science, art, philosophy, and literature.

Kids learn about the Republic of Ancient Roman. This complex government with laws and representatives voted on by the people laid the groundwork for modern democracy.

The struggle for territory between the European countries led to the French and Indian War. This war had far-reaching consequences for the colonists and Great Britain. Discover reasons the war began and how the end of this war eventually...

Six interactive activities are presented that walk students through how to use their critical thinking skills in the analysis of historical artifacts and documents. The sixth one explains how to balance the various perspectives that...

Transcript of the conditions of the Treaty of Greenville. Links to significant names.

Article on the Age of Enlightenment or Reason in which political thought was transformed during the 18th Century.

Article outlining the events which ultimately led to the development and ratification of the U.S. Constitution. The author explains the components of the Constitution and how those pieces were debated and agreed upon.

Article for students will help them to understand the important points of the Constitution. Discussion on the preamble, amendments, amendment process, voting, laws and the powers and limitations of government.

Comprehensive teaching unit that explores the "second industrial revolution" and the mass production of consumer goods. This, in turn, caused an increase in the labor force and immigration. Learn how these changes brought about the start...

This resource provides information about Reconstruction, the United States Government, slavery, and civil rights.

The original Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union between thirteen states, created in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It preceded the Constitutional Convention in 1787.

A digital collection of advertisements for runaway and captured slaves in the period before the American Civil War. In addition, there are historical documents related to slavery. Gives the option of browsing or doing a detailed search....

Article provides an overview of America under the Articles of Confederation between 1783 and 1789. The author discusses economic, political and social aspects within the context of a newly developing idea of a Republic.

This site highlights the westward expansion of settlers in North America and the effects this expansion had on Native Americans between the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.

The Independence Hall Association provides an online image of the original document of the Declaration of Independence.

Lesson plans for K-12 using maps that show the distribution of wooded land in 1873. Students examine the impact of humans on the environment.

Read the inaugural address of John Adams and his speech to the Congress concerning the XYZ Affair. Be sure to read his State of the Nation Address in 1800, the first delivered in Washington, D.C., the new capital.

Included are James Madison's two inaugural addresses, his State of the Nation speeches, as well as other writings related to the Constitution. Of particular interest is his speech of 1812.

This wonderful unit from Annenberg Media examines Reconstruction through three themes: reintegrating the former Confederate states in to the Union; the freedom of blacks and what that entailed socially and economically; and the economic...

Professor Claire Robertson examines the problems in Kenya, especially those as a result of the general election in 2007.

Lesson plan assesses historical thinking skills by providing two primary sources on Thomas Jefferson's views on the constitutionality of the Louisiana Purchase.

The complete original text of the third edition of Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" published in 1776 in six linked sections.

A history of the reapportionment of Ohio congressional districts between 1812 and 1902.