Renowned folk singer Woody Guthrie composed this song that tells of Belle Starr and the outlaws in her life.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are legendary outlaws, of the American West, who robbed banks and trains. This is an account of their 1899 train robbery as reported in the June 8, 1899 issue of the Buffalo Bulletin.

The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) provides an elaborate overview of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Content includes detailed background information behind the document, photos of the original...

Find out about the first mass human rights movement in history when African monarchs, enslaved Africans, freed slaves, and millions of other ordinary people campaigned against the slave trade and fought for the abolition of slavery.

Immerse in the campfire stories of the people who defined Texas. In this case the Texas Rangers; a raggedy bunch, who straightened up when they needed to.

This lesson focuses on the issue of texting while driving; it features links to articles and a video about the dangers of texting and other distractions while driving and a teen survey with their attitudes on the subject. Students read...

Library of Congress site discusses the life of Jesse James and the development of the first labor day in the United States. With links to related, in-depth information.

Unit explores, through a series of videos from notable scholars, the effects of the trade in slaves and of slavery itself on the new Americans of the time and helps students to understand how history, and the telling of history, affects...

Learning module uses 18th Century literature as primary source material to examine the debate over slavery and the role Olaudah Equiano played in the conversation.

Photograph of Belle Starr

A series of four good articles on why Utah was not allowed to become a state until it outlawed the Mormon practice of polygamy in 1890. The articles also contain primary source documents.

A short summary of the life of the famous Mexican outlaw, Pancho Villa.

Congressman David Wilmot, even before the end of the Mexican-War, proposed legislation that would outlaw the expansion of slavery into the new territory, should the United States acquire it. Read about his reasons for proposing the...

The Big Thicket in Texas became a national preserve in 1974. Before that it had a very colorful history. The stories of some of the people who lived there are described, including the settlers, the Native Americans, the oil towns, and...

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination according to sex. Did the feminist movement improve American women's lives?

A June 2007 news story describing the arrest of dozens of people belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood, an outlawed Islamic group.

An April 1, 2007 examination of the new multi-party parliament in Nepal that includes the previously outlawed Maoists and the future of the nation as a monarchy.

Presents a six-year timeline from April, 1830, when the Mexican government outlawed emigration of American settlers into Texas to the April, 1836, the Battle of Jacinto. Links to websites for additional information.

In "Bad Baxter Barton," students will participate in a dramatization of a poem. Adapted from the poem "Bad Baxter Barton" originally published in Tall Tales of the Wild West (And a Few Short Ones) by Eric Ode, students will assume roles...

Explains how the Ku Klux Klan came into existence and how they terrorized African Americans as well as those who sympathized with them. The Klan would suppress the black vote so that Democrats had a better chance of winning an election...

Learn about the civil rights legislation that outlawed discrimination in jobs, education, housing, public accommodations, and voting.

Learn about the Supreme Court ruling that outlawed school segregation in the United States.

The 1980s battle over safety belt laws reflected widespread ambivalence over the role and value of government regulation. Drivers and passengers complained that seat belts were uncomfortable and restrictive, but the uproar over mandatory...

An article describing the historical background to the Abolitionist movement in England, giving details on the slave trade and more.