Search this data base and view interviews with veterans who recount their experiences in the First, Second, South African and Korean Wars. The data base may be searched by war, geographic location, campaign, branch, unit or occupation....

This site features news, player bios, schedule, ticket information, and a page recounting the 1969 season in day-by-day reports.

This informational text recounts America's road to independence, starting from the beginning of English colonization in North America and ending with the final battle of the American Revolution. A specific purpose for reading and...

Read, write, and present a digital narrative with transition words to help us put the events in order! After modeling the instructional activity, groups of students will write narratives to recount a short sequence of events, they will...

An interesting site that recounts Ferdinand Magellan's voyage and his goal of circumnavigating the globe. Included are portraits, drawings, and maps from the Princeton University Library.

Introduction to Anselm's life and thought. Recounts his political difficulties while archbishop. Summarizes his contributions to medieval philosophy and theology, including his famous ontological argument for the existence of God, and...

CNN, in conjunction with TIME magazine, covers U.S. and world politics. Content includes top headlines, in-depth features, analysis, special reports, a government guide, and more.

This series of 12 downloadable activities teach students some basics of story writing, using books or videos from the PBS "Arthur" series as a springboard. Activities include creating story maps, asking questions about characters and...

Standford Law School has compiled a list of court documents from numerous cases from the 2000 presidential election. Documents from the US Supreme Court as well as documents from Florida, Texas, California, Georgia, Illinois, and New...

The efforts to secure African American voting rights in Mississippi are described within this resource. Anne Moody's, "Coming of Age in Mississippi", a four-part memoir recounts her childhood and young adulthood in racist rural Mississippi.

This article from Morey's 1901 textbook recounts the attacks on the Roman Empire by the Sassinids from the east and the Germanic barbarians from the north.

This page is entitled "The Panama Railroad, Chapter XIV" of the book "History of the Panama Canal", by Ira E. Bennett, 1915. It recounts important events of this period (1827-1855) of Panamanian history.

Pictures and text recount the March on Washington and King's speech at the Lincoln Memorial at this National Park Service site.

One December 25, 1989, Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu were tried by a military tribunal and shot by a firing squad. This is a short recounting of the event.

This excellent recounting of the days that led up the Boston Massacre and the massacre itself fills in a lot of information that is lacking in textbooks because of space contraints. Read about the British soldiers' and the colonists'...

This 1998 Harvard Gazette article recounts Updike's Harvard years and his Harvard Arts Medal.

Author recounts the life of his father, Virgilio Benedetti while summarizing the way the events of Italy in World War I shaped his father's outlook.

Dio Cassius' history of the Great Fire of Rome in 64 CE and Nero's role in the event are recounted.

From the February 1928, edition of The Atlantic magazine, the attorney for Bartolmeo Vanzetti recounts the last detailed conversation he had with his client on the day he and Sacco were executed.

A brief recounting of the influx of inventions in the late 19th century that flooded the market. Of particular interest is the description of the use of hot air balloons.

Primary source material presents a letter written by Private James Roxbury, June 12-13, 1898 recounting events at Camp McCalla, Playa del Este during the Spanish-American War.

Recounts the historic sites throughout Georgia that represent its significance in Civil War history. Sites include battlefields, forts, prisons, cemeteries, and museums.

January, 2006, article that recounts a clash between residents of New Orleans' Ninth Ward and workers who were using bulldozers to clear debris in that ward. There was a class-action lawsuit against the city because houses were being...

Captivating September, 2005, article that vividly recounts the story of a family trapped in their attic as they escaped the flood waters brought by Hurricane Katrina.