The alphabet song in ebook form. Includes spoken narration in 16 additional languages with singing and text in English.

This video segment from the Secret of Life School Video: "Genetic Medicine: Tinkering with Our Genes" explores the potential for gene therapy to cure diseases like Alzheimer's.

This is the text of the constitutional amendments proposed by the Hartford Convention in 1814, trying to get the federal government to give control of militias to the states and recognize other New England interests.

This site provides some good lecture notes on Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Easy to read and understand. Includes some biographical information on Harriet Beecher Stowe as well.

This PBS article traces the history of the Miss America pageant protest by the New York Radical Women in 1968. The term "Bra burners," caught on due to this protest.

This site is a biography of Chester Nimitz (1885-1966), an American admiral during WWII. Site compares him to MacArthur.

PBS Online offers a page on the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr in Weehawken, New Jersey. Includes image.

A biography of Annie Oakley which traces her childhood, her stardom in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show, her long marriage to Frank Butler, and her life after the show. Part of a larger PBS American Experience site about Annie Oakley.

Great site to discover all about the Alaskan Highway and why it was built during World War II. View a video, read a timeline, see a map, and much more.

This elaborate site provides insight into D-Day, as told through the voices of the people who participated in the planning and execution of the invasion and the battle for the Normandy beaches. Content includes a focus on the paratroopers, as well as letters sent home from the men who fought on D-Day.

Companion site to the televised documentary "Eyes on the Prize" provides access to a full complement of primary sources on the civil rights movement (1954-85), reflections of the people involved, profiles of important figures, image galleries, and similar resources.

This resource is a companion site to a documentary about a major flooding of the Mississippi River in 1927, where in Greenville, Mississippi, efforts to contain the river pitted the majority black population against an aristocratic plantation family. Included is information about the Ku Klux Klan at the time and African American migration to the North.

PBS features an excellent two-part film and program on the life and career of our 41st President, George H.W. Bush. Share your views on some of his presidential decisions, browse the family gallery, read a timeline of events in his life, and learn much more about his policies and politics.

The perfect site on the Golden Gate Bridge! PBS provides bridge math, great pictures of before, during, and after the construction of the bridge, and a special section called "Balancing Forces," that demonstrates how the "tension" of the design works. Be sure to read "The Men Who Built the Bridge," under People and Events section.

As part of the American Experience film on General MacArthur, this article explains the plight of the World War I veterans who marched on Washington in 1932 to claim their war bonus--which they needed due to the Great Depression--only to be routed out of the city by the U.S. Army at the command of President Hoover.

Learn about what happened at Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Facility in March of 1979 with this PBS site. A teacher's guide is available.

This resource contains descriptive and educational links about one of our country's most beloved national monuments: Mount Rushmore. Features interesting, little-known facts about the rationale, creation, and completion of the famous "tribute to democracy." Includes a 'Teacher's Guide' for integrated lessons in civics, history, economics, and geography.

This site contains articles about the people who were involved in the China-United States relations in the 70s. It has a biographical sketch on Nixon, and discusses his trip to China in 1972.

Companion website for a documentary film about the life and career of Ronald Reagan, with a virtual tour of the Reagan Presidential Museum and Library, a biographical timeline, excerpts from two biographies, a gallery of Reagan family photographs, and related resources.