History for kids, told as real stories

All About Me

My Family

All Kinds of Families

Where I Live

My School

My Neighborhood

• My Neighborhood: People and Places
• Getting Around My Neighborhood

Community Helpers

• Safety Helpers
• Everyday Helpers

Rules Keep Us Safe

Fairness in Our Community

Wants and Needs

Our Flag and Our Pledge

Why We Celebrate

The First Thanksgiving

Presidents' Day

Maps of My Classroom

• What Is a Map?
• Making My Own Map

What Is History?

Family History

• My Family's Past
• Stories from Elders

Traditions and Holidays

• Family Traditions
• Why We Celebrate Holidays

Community Then and Now

• My Community Long Ago
• My Community Today

People Who Solved Community Problems

School Then and Now

How People Get Around: Then and Now

How People Communicate: Then and Now

Daily Life Past and Present

• What Kids Did Long Ago
• Homes and Clothing Long Ago

Famous Americans

• George Washington and Abraham Lincoln
• Martin Luther King Jr.: A Dream of Fairness

National Symbols

• Our Country's Flag
• Symbols of Freedom
• Symbols of Our Nation

Maps and Globes

• Reading a Map
• Our Round Earth: Globes

Goods and Services

Native American Life

• The First Americans
• How Native Americans Lived

Pilgrims and Thanksgiving

• The Pilgrims' Journey
• The First Thanksgiving

Colonial Life

• Living in Colonial Times
• Colonial Communities

George Washington

• George Washington: Soldier and Leader
• George Washington: First President

Abraham Lincoln

• Abraham Lincoln: Growing Up
• Abraham Lincoln: A Nation Divided

Martin Luther King Jr.

• Martin Luther King Jr.: The Dream
• Making Things Fair for Everyone

Benjamin Franklin: Inventor

• Benjamin Franklin: A Curious Mind
• Franklin's Inventions and Experiments

Transportation and the Wright Brothers

• Getting There: A History of Transportation
• The Wright Brothers Take Flight

Communication and Alexander Graham Bell

• Sending Messages: A History of Communication
• Alexander Graham Bell and the Telephone

American Symbols in Depth

• The Statue of Liberty
• Symbols That Unite Us

Creating Timelines

• Reading a Timeline
• Making My Own Timeline

Primary Sources Introduction

Maps and Directions

• Cardinal Directions
• Maps Tell Stories

Rights and Responsibilities

Thinking Like a Historian

Early Explorers

• Why Europeans Explored
• Early Explorers & Their Routes

Christopher Columbus

• Columbus's Voyage of 1492
• Columbus's Impact

Age of Exploration

• Spanish Conquistadors
• French & English Explorers

Native American Cultures

• How Geography Shaped Native Life
• Life in the Pacific Northwest

Eastern Woodlands

• Daily Life in the Eastern Woodlands
• The Iroquois Confederacy

Life on the Great Plains

Desert Dwellers of the Southwest

Colonial Regions

• New England & Middle Colonies
• Southern Colonies & Regional Comparison

The Thirteen Colonies

• Why Colonies Were Founded
• Daily Life in the Colonies

Colonial Economy

• Mercantilism: Who Benefits?
• Triangular Trade & Regional Exports

Colonial Government

• Seeds of Self-Government
• How Colonial Government Worked

Early Innovation

• Inventors Change Daily Life
• The Cotton Gin: Unintended Consequences

Why People Came to America

Gateway to America: Ellis Island

Many Cultures, One Nation

Geography of the United States

• America's Physical Geography
• How Geography Shapes Where People Live

Advanced Map Skills

• Reading Complex Maps
• Using Maps to Understand History

Primary and Secondary Sources

• What Are Primary & Secondary Sources?
• Evaluating Sources Like a Historian

Portrait of the Thirteen Colonies

• A Geographic Portrait
• A Human Portrait

Road to Revolution

• Why Britain Tightened Its Grip
• Colonial Resistance Begins

No Taxation Without Representation

The Boston Tea Party

Words of Revolution

Declaration of Independence

• Ideas That Changed the World
• Writing & Signing the Declaration

The Revolutionary War

• Two Armies: How Could the Colonies Win?
• Turning Points of the War
• Everyone's War

George Washington as Leader

• Washington the General
• Washington the President

Benjamin Franklin: Diplomat

Creating the Constitution

• A Government That Didn't Work
• Creating the Constitution

The Bill of Rights

Three Branches of Government

• Three Branches, Three Jobs
• Checks & Balances: No One Gets Too Powerful

Westward Expansion Introduction

• Looking West: Why Americans Moved
• The Geography of Expansion

The Louisiana Purchase

Lewis and Clark

• The Mission: Explore the West
• The Journey West

Impact on Native Americans

• Expansion's Cost: Impact on Native Americans
• Resistance & Survival

Industrial Revolution Introduction

The Factory System

• How Factories Changed Work
• Life Inside the Factory

Inventions of the 1800s

State History Deep Dive

• Our State's Origins
• Our State's Story & Identity

The Spirit of American Innovation

Manifest Destiny

• The Idea of Manifest Destiny
• Who Benefited, Who Suffered

Westward Trails

• Trails West: The Journey
• Different Trails, Different Dreams

The Gold Rush

• Gold! The California Rush of 1849
• Gold Rush Consequences

Slavery in America

• The Roots of American Slavery
• Life Under Slavery
• A Nation Divided Over Slavery

The Abolition Movement

• The Case Against Slavery
• How Abolitionists Fought

The Underground Railroad

Harriet Tubman

Frederick Douglass

Causes of the Civil War

• The Powder Keg: Long-Term Causes
• The Spark: Secession & Fort Sumter

Civil War Battles

• The Geography of War
• Early Battles & Harsh Reality
• Turning Points & Union Victory

Abraham Lincoln as Leader

• Lincoln the War President
• Lincoln's Vision for America

The Emancipation Proclamation

The War Ends

Reconstruction

• Rebuilding the Nation
• Freedom's Promise
• Freedom Betrayed

Amendments 13, 14, and 15

• Abolishing Slavery & Securing the Vote
• The Promise of Equal Protection

The Gilded Age

• The Age of Growth
• The Age of Problems

Industrial Tycoons

• Building an Empire: Carnegie & Rockefeller
• Captains of Industry or Robber Barons?

The Labor Movement

• Why Workers Organized
• Unions, Strikes & Change

Immigration in the 1800s

• Waves of Immigration
• The Immigrant Experience in America

Inventors of the 1800s

Constitutional Principles

• The Principles Behind the Constitution
• Principles Tested: From the Founding to Today

The Progressive Era

• Problems of Industrialization
• Progressive Reforms

Theodore Roosevelt

• The Square Deal
• Big Stick Diplomacy

Trust-Busting

• When Business Gets Too Powerful
• Government Steps In

Women's Suffrage Victory

• Origins and Key Leaders
• The Final Push
• The 19th Amendment

World War I Causes

• The European Powder Keg
• America Enters the War

World War I: American Experience

• The War Experience
• The Aftermath

The Home Front in WWI

• Economic Mobilization
• Social and Political Changes

The Roaring Twenties

• Cultural Transformation
• Economic Boom

The Jazz Age

The Great Depression

• How an Economy Collapses
• The Human Impact

FDR and the New Deal

• FDR's Leadership
• New Deal Programs
• Opposition and Legacy

The Dust Bowl

World War II Causes

• Rise of Totalitarianism
• America's Path to War

World War II: American Experience

• Fighting on Two Fronts
• Arsenal of Democracy
• Democracy & Its Contradictions

D-Day and Victory

• D-Day: Operation Overlord
• Victory in Europe

The Holocaust

• The Holocaust
• Resistance, Survival, and Memory

The Atomic Age

• The Manhattan Project
• The Nuclear Debate

The Cold War Begins

• US vs. USSR
• Early Crises in Europe
• The Cold War Turns Hot: Korea

Civil Rights Begins

• Desegregation & Legal Challenges
• Nonviolent Protest & Community Action

The Space Race

• The Race to Space
• Impact of the Space Race

Reshaping the American Landscape

The Civil Rights Movement

• The System of Jim Crow
• Legal Strategy
• Direct Action

The Montgomery Movement

• Rosa Parks: Planned Resistance
• The Boycott: Economic Pressure

Martin Luther King Jr. as Leader

• Philosophy of Nonviolence
• Major Campaigns

I Have a Dream

The Civil Rights Act

The Voting Rights Act

Malcolm X

Black Power

The Vietnam War

• Why America Fought
• The War Experience
• End and Aftermath

The Anti-War Movement

Watergate

• The Scandal
• Constitutional Crisis

Cold War Tensions

• Nuclear Standoff
• Proxy Wars
• Competition Beyond War

The Berlin Wall

Soviet Collapse

• How a Superpower Dies
• A New World Order

The Technology Revolution

• The Computer Revolution
• Transforming Society

The Internet Age

• Birth of the Internet
• Impact on Society

Globalization

• What Is Globalization?
• The Globalization Debate

September 11

• The Day That Changed America
• Context and Aftermath

The War on Terror

• Afghanistan
• Iraq

Modern Social Movements

• LGBTQ+ Rights
• Modern Feminism & Disability Rights
• Black Lives Matter & Social Media Activism

Media Evolution

Modern Presidents

• The Modern Presidency
• Presidential Case Studies

Political Parties

• How Parties Work
• Party Evolution

The Elections Process

• How Elections Work
• Election Controversies

Civic Engagement

• The Citizen's Toolkit
• How Change Happens

Social Media and Politics

• Social Media as Political Tool
• The Dark Side

Media Literacy

• The Misinformation Landscape
• Media Literacy Skills

American Economic History

• American Capitalism
• Economic Cycles

Recessions and Recoveries

The 2008 Financial Crisis

• What Went Wrong
• Response and Legacy

Entrepreneurship History

Silicon Valley

Tech Giants

• Rise of the Giants
• Power and Accountability

Innovation and Disruption

Startup Culture

Social Entrepreneurship

The Environmental Movement

• History of Environmentalism
• Environmental Policy

Climate Change History

• The Science and Timeline
• The Political Challenge

A Sustainable Future

Global Citizenship

International Relations

• Tools of Statecraft
• Arenas of Cooperation and Conflict
• America in the World

The United Nations

Future Challenges

• Analyzing Emerging Challenges
• Capstone: Civic Action Plan