Online companion to a PBS documentary that tells the story of America during the 1960s includes a timeline of newsworthy events from the decade and a series of thematic vignettes that addresses the war in Vietnam, sixties pop culture,...

This PBS site describes events between 1866 and 1868 in the Indian Wars. Including the Lakota attack on a wagon train bringing supplies to Ft. Kearny and Custer's attack on the Cheyennes on the Washita River.

PBS offers a look into the lives of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Ludwig Meidner, as well as the role each of them played during World War I. Content includes quotes and historian commentary.

In this April, 2007 news segment from PBS, analysts try to explain why suicide bombers are willing to give up their lives for their cause.

Part of the website associated with the PBS series called "The Border." This article discusses the role of Hector Garcia in the Hispanic civil rights movement after World War II.

A look at the Inca Empire as rumors began to fly about pale strangers arriving on the coast. Read about the illnesses and civil wars that weakened the empire just in time for the appearance of the conquistadors. Be sure to click on the...

A brief biography of Omar Bradley, key general at the the D-Day invasion and the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.

Read this account of the strategic importance of Manila to the U.S. in the late 1800s. The U.S. and the Philippines eventually went to war.

An interview with Robert Hallek who discusses the foreign policy decisions made by Franklin Roosevelt prior to World War II. Read about the commitment Roosevelt made to Winston Churchill to fight against the Nazis in Europe.

Explore the role of espionage in wartime and investigate Soviet spy activities during the Cold War. Trace the history of the atomic bomb and explore Soviet activities in stealing nuclear secrets during the Manhattan Project.

Read about Sherman's history during the Civil War and afterwards as general commander of the U.S. Army.

Two interesting interviews with eyewitnesses who were involved in two important events after World War I: The League of Nations and the German occupation of Czechoslovakia.

A series of topics relating to Sierra Leone's Civil War, peacekeeping actions, and the slow road to the country's recovery from years of strife and violent coups. A timeline of the key moments of Sierra Leone's history is helpful in...

Learn about Lyndon B. Johnson's administration and his war on poverty.

This companion to the PBS series surveys the career of the longest-serving president in U.S. history and leader through the Great Depression and World War II.

PBS profiles the life of American diplomat George F. Kennan, whose ideas about the expansionist ambitions of the Soviet Union shaped the U.S. policy toward Communist countries known as containment.

This PBS site offers a concise explanation of the major figures involved in the Vietnam conflict.

A six-activity teacher's guide to support classes on the American Revolution. Although the guide is designed to be used in conjunction with the PBS documentary "Liberty!" the video component of the lessons can be dropped without much...

From the PBS series "Africans in America," this site explores Paul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre. The article discusses its use as propaganda, as well as what the engraving actually depicts.

This site, built as a companion to the PBS series "Liberty!," offers a biography of Marquis de Lafayette.

This site from PBS provides letters by Julia Louisa Lovejoy written in 1855-1863 describe anti-slavery efforts in Kansas.

This PBS site provides a background of how the post-World War 1 US economy exploded with the advent of new electrical appliances. Offers additional links.

PBS offers biographies and stories from the early days of the Soviet Space program, which prompted the Space Race and nuclear arms race between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union.

The PBS program "Liberty!" notes Saratoga National Historic Park's monument to Benedict Arnold's leg. A brief, partial biography of Benedict Arnold covers the significance behind the monument, as well as the events that followed Arnold's...