List of Hispanic Americans who have served Congress. Each link includes a lengthy biography of the individual.

This site explains the legislative process of how a law becomes enacted, step by step.

Click through these beautifully illustrated Aesop's fables which also happen to be interactive. The illustrations are from a 1919 book illustrated by Milo Winter. There are links to downloads for iPad, iPhone, and Android.

Highlights the life of Roger Williams, his defense of religious freedom in Boston, and the foundation of Rhode Island. Offers photographs of several important parts of his life.

Read about the progressive ideas the companies comprising the Westinghouse Works instituted in relation to their employees.

Historical photographs provide students with a firsthand look at the issue of child labor during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. In this lesson, students will use photographs to further understanding of the politics,...

There are a variety of ways one can look at what might be the strongest muscle in the body. This site defines the various types of muscles and goes on to explain which would be considered the strongest.

Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929 assembles a wide array of Library of Congress source materials from the 1920s that document the widespread prosperity of the Coolidge years, the nation's...

An on-line exhibit displaying copies of Columbus' journals, other writings about his voyages and findings, as well as information and artifacts of the Taino, the Native Americans Columbus encountered on San Salvador.

The history of the American Revolution is the focus of this article. Divided into topics and time periods, it makes understanding this historical time easier for students for follow.

Read this historical overview of the National Woman's Party, an organization focused on giving women the right to vote. Find out about some of the important figures in the fight and the ways the women tried to push their agenda. [pdf]

This site from the Library of Congress describes the factors involved with organizing the 1992 Georgian election. Examines some of the election laws and the challenge of including people from all regions in the election.

Online exhibit from the Library of Congress features primary source material about free blacks from the Antebellum Period and teaches about individual accomplishments, emergence of the black church, and documenting freedom.

Find out who is credited for the invention of the telephone in this brief history.

A very clear map showing Henry Hudson's voyages of 1609 for the Dutch and 1610 for the English. See where he sailed and what land he claimed for the sponsoring countries. From the Library of Congress.

This site from the Library of Congress explains the development of the 1992 Georgian elections. Looks at how issues needed to be ironed out in order for elections to take place.

This timeline takes you through the Civil War through photographs at the Library of Congress.

Turn the pages of this scanned copy of Denslow's Mother Goose by W. W. Denslow. Look at the pictures and read the collection of forty-two nursery rhymes.

Turn the pages of this scanned copy of Baby's Own Aesop by Walter Crane. Read along with the shortened form in poetic form and see the moral of each story.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was not focused just on racial civil rights, but also gender equity. This site from the Library of Congress deals with how women could use the legislation in lawsuits charging discrimination.

Ever wonder who "invented" the TV dinner? This article provides a discussion of the people and companies involved in the creation of complete frozen meals starting in the 1940s and ending in 1954 when Swanson's frozen meals appeared and...

Site from Ibiblio.org on the exhibit at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Contains information on the history of the scrolls, an extensive explanation of each scroll, and pictures.

The one-stanza poem compares the reach of a phone cord to the long reach of her mother.

Turn the pages of this scanned copy of Humpty-Dumpty by W. W. Denslow. Look at the pictures and read the story of "Humpty-Dumpty" to discover the story beyond the nursery rhyme.