Get a real sense of what life was like in 1776! See the differences between growing up in the North and in the South and in the city vs in the country. Read the diary of a boy so …

Letters, diaries, songs, and photographs tell the story of the Civil War and what life was like for all Americans during this dreadful conflict. Listen as children and adults expla …

Go to the Erie Canal and a young nation ready for change. Find out how the canal was built and why. Meet personalities from DeWitt Clinton to canal boys - even the mules that pulle …

Learn what it was like for children growing up on the American Frontier, and how daily life was the same - and different - for children living at that time. Find out what sort of h …

Chock full of fascinating information, this issue explores life in America before Columbus came and shook up the world. What did the native people do all day? Where did they live, …

Travel back in time to real beginnings of the United States - the first English colony, Jamestown. You'll visit the world of Pocahontas and meet the people who changed that world f …

What was it like to be a kid during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s? Important roles were played by many young people, such as Ruby Bridges - the first African American to a …

Meet the children who powered this remarkable period history: boys who labored in filthy coal factories, girls who toiled in noisy mills. Look into their eyes through the photograp …

Find out how to pack a covered wagon and what to eat along the trail. Read the diaries of a real-life traveler who was 14 years old when she traveled west on the Oregon Trail. And, …