A helpful map of North America which color codes its 15 ecological regions. Click on the different regions for a brief description of the area.

Features maps and a description of the geography and history of North America with links to information on its countries, famous people, flags, symbols, and much more.

A timeline of the gypsy moth's spread across North America, from its introduction in 1869 up to attempts in 2004 to control it by spraying insecticide over a large area.

Describes the conquest of North America in the 1500s by the explorers Hernando de Soto, Vasquez de Coronado, and Cabeza de Vaca. The text has many embedded links to maps showing the routes they traveled as well as to additional information.

Published journal article that details faunal studies, hunting, weaponry, hunting strategy, butchering, and ritual activities. Seven cultural complexes are considered: Clovis, Goshen, Folsom, Agate Basin, Hell Gap, Alberta, and Cody.

A good introduction to the three major Native American cultures in the Southwest prior to European contact. Find information about the Mogollon, Anasazi, and Hohokam cultures. Read how they influenced each other, and what was unique...

Information about Freemasonry's history, how it is organized, the concept of Brotherhood, its ideas about religion, the role of secrecy, the inclusion of women, and its organizations specifically for youth.

Article provides an overview discussion of an ethnic and religious pluralistic society explaining distinguishing factors of religious life in North America. Includes guideance for student discussion, scholar debate and links to related...

Collections of bits and pieces of lore and fact relating to the exploration of Nova Scotia and North America. Author promises "Bone-chilling stories," of Vikings!

This reference introduces the Abenaki tribe located in Northeast America. Read about their location, demographics, and linguistics.

An overview of the multiple theories of the earliest migrations into North America.

Here is a handy chronology of Jane Austen's works from 1787 until her death in 1817.

Get the facts about the Ring-billed Gull. Besides finding a detailed physical description of North America?s most abundant gull, you?ll also learn about some its unique facts and characteristics. Also included in this Bird Fact Sheet on...

Learn about Canada's smallest duck, the Bufflehead. Besides finding a detailed physical description of North America?s rarest duck, you?ll also learn about some of this bird?s unique facts and characteristics. Also included in this Bird...

Learning resource using primary sources in which students study de facto segregation in the North following the Civil War and examine how African-Americans responded to segregation and racism compared to the South.

The settlement of the colonies in America is the focus of this article. The course of events is divided into topics and time periods, making it easier to understand. Note is made of the effects to the already present Native Americans as...

Learning resource uses primary source material to explore the ways in which commodities are extracted, produced, and exchanged and how those processes have shaped the physical and cultural landscape of North America.

Six poems written by navigators and included by George Peckham, and Richard Hakluyt's argument to promote British settlement in North America. Both documents were directed to Queen Elizabeth I in an effort to promote British involvement...

Four maps examining the hunt for a Northwest Passage and three English accounts detailing the curiosity, greed and optimism that fueled English exploration of North America.

One modern historical assessment and several original accounts of the mistrust, negotiations, alliances, trading, and disease transmission between European colonizers and native peoples in North America.

Letters from Cabot to different people in his life that explain his exploration and his discoveries.

Use this site to learn why fossil pollen is a useful tool for determining paleoclimates.

Describes the events leading up to America's entry into World War I and the changes that took place in America soon after. These included legislation such as the Selective Service Act and the Espionage and Sedition Acts, protests by...

Learn about Jewish traditional death rituals and how "to die and be buried as a Jew" in this guide to Jewish living. Jewish law and customs differ between traditional Jews and Reform Jews.