A lesson where students examine the journal of a young Scottish woman, Janet Schaw, visiting North Carolina in 1775. She writes of her experiences observing the tensions and rivalries in the Cape Fear River area that pitted neighbors...

Rome strengthens her position on the Italian peninsula, defeating her neighbors, and establishing a method of incorporating and governing colonies which she will use in her future expansion.

Two thousand years before today's "global economy," an exchange network linked the continent of Asia via the Silk Route. Between the first and eighth centuries of the common era, the empires and states of Asia often came into conflict as...

This site fully explores the term "alliteration." Content includes a definition, examples in literature, and a look at why and how it has been used throughout literary history.

Read about the ways the American government and people looked inward during the 1930s, isolating themselves from actions taking place in Europe and Asia.

A map from 1911 of the vicinity of St. Louis, Missouri, showing major streets and roads, railroads and stations, neighboring cities and towns, parks, and major landmarks. The map shows St. Louis, Missouri, separated by the Mississippi...

A map from 1883 of the vicinity of St. Louis, showing the city limits at the time, neighboring cities and towns, roads, railroads, and rivers in the area.

A map from 1922 of Joplin Missouri and neighboring counties. The map shows county boundaries and county seats, cities, towns, railroads, and rivers.

A map of Dundee, Scotland vicinity from 1914. The map shows landmarks of Dundee, railroads and waterways, major roads, bridges and ferry routes across the Firth of Tay, and neighboring cities and towns.

A plan of Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1914, showing major roads, railway, landmark buildings, neighboring cities and towns, the River Don, and coastal features around Aberdeen and Nigg bays.