What made the 19th century an interesting but tumultuous time? What technological, cultural and social changes influenced life then? Explore those issues in this story collection.
Captives on La Amistad fight back and take over the ship. Becoming free, however, is a much-more complicated process.
Vincent's emotional state continues to decline, and he takes his last long journey back to Paris.
Vincent's paintings improve as his mental health deteriorates, causing him to cut off part of his ear and end up in an asylum.
As Marie stays up late, to play with the Nutcracker and her other Christmas gifts, the clock strikes and strange things occur. The Nutcracker comes to...
Edwin Epps orders Platt (Solomon Northup) to beat Patsey, another slave. When Platt defies Epps' wishes, for an even-worse beating, Epps cruelly whip...
Civil war is coming to Ireland as violence divides the country. On May 3, 1921, the country is partitioned in two.
The Bowery (meaning "farm" in Dutch) changes from a rural place to a jammed area with poor immigrants.
An eyewitness sees Edward Hyde murder Sir Danvers Carew, an esteemed Member of Parliament and Gabriel Utterson's client.
Wyatt Earp is arrested and charged with the murders of Frank McLaury, Tom McLaury, and Billy Clanton.
Twenty men and one 14-year-old cabin boy leave Nantucket, aboard a whaleship called Essex. They plan to fill the barrels in their cargo hold with oil ...
Many die in Ireland, but those who escape to America face many more hardships.
Standard 8-3.1 The tensions between the Upcountry and Lowcountry and the economic struggles the state faced.
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