Describes and illustrates the Native Americans of the West, from before the arrival of Europeans to the Wounded Knee massacre in 1890, through a variety of images created during that period.
Uses contemporary pictures and maps in presenting the story of the trappers, miners, ranchers, and farmers who turned a huge wilderness into the "breadbasket of the world."
Describes and illustrates the exploration of the American frontier from 1776 to the late nineteenth century, through a variety of images created during that period.
Describes and illustrates the opening up and settling of the Old West, its trails, canals, railroads, and other aspects, from the early migrations to the coming of the telephone, through a variety of images created during that period.
Describes and illustrates the western territorial expansion of the United States, from post-Revolution territorial activities of the former thirteen colonies to the last military clashes in the early 1900s, through a variety of images created during that period.
Describes and illustrates the historical, political, military, social, and cultural aspects of the Revolutionary War through a variety of images created during that period.
Uses a variety of contemporary materials to describe and illustrate the political and personal lives of the United States presidents from Harry Truman to Bill Clinton.
Describes and illustrates the historical, political, and religious aspects of life in colonial America through a variety of images produced during that time.
Describes and illustrates through contemporary images the struggles and conflicts between the European colonizers in America as each group sought to dominate the rich New World.
Uses a variety of contemporary materials to describe and illustrate the political and personal lives of the United States presidents from George Washington to James Monroe.
Uses a variety of contemporary materials to describe and illustrate the political and personal lives of the United States presidents from John Quincy Adams to James Buchanan.
Uses a variety of contemporary materials to describe and illustrate the political and personal lives of the United States presidents from Theodore Roosevelt to Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Uses a variety of contemporary materials to describe and illustrate the political and personal lives of United States presidents from Rutherford Hayes to Grover Cleveland.
Uses a variety of contemporary materials to describe and illustrate the political and personal lives of the United States presidents from Abraham Lincoln to Ulysses S. Grant.