Introduces the amazing facts about America's presidents, including each president's political affiliation, state of residence, term in office, their birthplaces, homes, and burial sites.

The Constitution of the United States established three distinct branches of government - the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. The founding fathers, formed this division to establish the principle of separation of power and maintain an internal system of checks and balances. The Senate and House of Representatives are explored. The practical realities of day-to-day congressional operation are discussed. Discover insights about both houses...

Examines the Renaissance in Europe, from the period from the early 14th to the late 16th centuries.

Focuses on inventors who revolutionized communications and those whose brilliance gave us lasers, plastic, computers, and transistors.

"This captivating program explores the political forces that existed before 1776 and the socioeconomic realities that made it necessary to declare to the world our independence from Great Britain"--Container.

The Bill of Rights provides the basic legal protections to ensure individual rights. These rights and all subsequent amendments are presented here in easy-to-understand language with valuable insight from distinguished experts.

This program is about American explorers and pioneers who were the pathfinders: those who first explored the valleys, rivers and mountains of America, and those who were the first to make it their home. Men like Christopher Columbus, Sir Francis Drake, Henry Hudson, James Cook, Daniel Boone, Robert Gray, Lewis and Clark, Charles Wilkes, John Fremont, and more. While outlining the exploration of our continent, this also captures the great beauty and...

Examines important documents in American history.

An account of the colonization of North America, from the European situations that encouraged migration to America, to the adventurous explorers and settlers and their quests for riches or religious freedom, to the friendships and conflict between the colonists and Native Americans.

Examines the many factors that led to the Depression, Hoover's attempts to counter the nation's economic woes, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal programs.