A collection of primary source materials highlights the story behind the Alamo and its place in the history of San Antonio, Texas.

Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount how construction of the Erie Canal changed America by vastly improving the movement of goods to settlers in the newly purchased Louisiana Territory.

Describes the people, circumstances, and events surrounding the building of the railway system across the continent in the mid-nineteenth century.

Describes the life of Alexander Hamilton, including his role in the Revolutionary War.

Profiles Phoebe Ann Moses, the star sharpshooter of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show under the name Annie Oakley, who began shooting to help feed her family after her father's death.

Describes the life and notable accomplishments of Ben Franklin, eighteenth-century American printer, statesman, writer, and inventor. Presented in English and Spanish.

Introduces the life of Betsy Ross, an American patriot during the Revolutionary War who enjoyed telling her family about how she sewed the first American flag.

Introduces the life of Crispus Attucks, a former slave who died in the Boston Massacre, a fight between the British soldiers and American colonists that occurred before the American Revolution.

Surveys the life of the American frontiersman who became a member of Congress and died trying to defend the Alamo.

Profiles a Mexican woman who saved more than twenty Texan rebels taken prisoner during the Texas Revolution from being shot under General Santa Anna's orders.