081 After Yorktown: The Final Struggle for American Independence
When did the fighting of the American War for Independence end? In school we learn that the war came to an end at Yorktown. But, this lesson omits all of the fighting that took place after Charles, E...
10 Touko 201638min
080 Liberty's Prisoners: Prisons & Prison Life in Early America
American prisons are overcrowded. The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world and nearly 2.5 million Americans are serving prison sentences. Nearly all politicians agree that we...
3 Touko 201636min
079 What is a Historical Source? (Doing History)
Historians research the past through historical sources. But what are the materials that tell historians about past peoples, places, and events? Today, James Horn, the President and Chief Executive...
26 Huhti 201651min
078 Washington Brotherhood: Politics, Social Life, and the Coming of the Civil War
The United States is in midst of a political and cultural divide. The last time the United States faced this deep of a division, the nation descended into Civil War. Can history help us solve our pr...
19 Huhti 201645min
077 The Oregon Trail
Do you have what it takes to be a pioneer? If offered the opportunity, would you undertake a journey across the Oregon Trail in a mule-pulled covered wagon? Today, we explore the Oregon Trail past a...
12 Huhti 201646min
076 Citizen Sailors: Becoming American in the Age of Revolution
What did it mean to be a citizen during the late-18th and early-19th centuries? Why and how did early American sailors seem intent on proving their citizenship to the United States? In this episode,...
5 Huhti 201647min
075 How Archives Work (Doing History)
Historians research history in archives. But how do you gain access to one? And how do you use an archive once you find that it likely contains the information you seek? In this third episode of our...
29 Maalis 201655min
074 Martha Washington
George Washington stands as one of the most famous Americans in history, but what do we know of his helpmeet and partner, Martha? Who was the woman who stood beside and encouraged Washington? How di...
22 Maalis 201636min
