Category: Thematic Units
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Free History Studies: Dorothea Lynde Dix
Dorthea Dix is best known for helping to establish reforms for treating the mentally ill. Unit resources.
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Virginia: A Unit Study
On June 12, 1766, the state of Virginia ratified a Declaration of Rights. Unit resources.
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Free History Studies: Horace Greeley
Horace Greeley was a newspaper editor best known for his words “Go West, young man.” Unit resources.
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Free History Studies: Kit Carson
Kit Carson was a frontiersman, explorer, and guide who became a key figure in the United States’ Westward Expansion. Unit resources.
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Mary Cassatt: A Unit Study
On May 22, 1844, Mary Stevenson Cassatt was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Unit resources.
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Free History Studies: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet whose love of children earned him the nickname “The Children’s Poet.” Unit resources.
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Free History Studies: Elisha Kane & the Arctic
Elisha Kane was an Arctic explorer best known for discovering the Humboldt Glacier. Unit resources.
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Harry S. Truman: A Unit Study
Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States, was born in Lamar, Missouri, on May 8, 1884. Unit resources.
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Free History Studies: Charles Goodyear
Charles Goodyear was instrumental in finding a way to make rubber keep its elasticity even in very hot or very cold weather. Unit resources.
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The Louisiana Purchase: A Unit Study
On April 30, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase was completed. Unit resources.
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Free History Studies: Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster was an American statesman known for his skills as an orator. Unit resources.
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Free History Studies: Four Boys Who Became Authors
William Cullen Bryant, Nathaniel Hawthorn, William H. Prescott, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. were early American authors of note. Unit resources.
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Free History Studies: John James Audubon
John James Audubon’s Birds of America published over a period of eleven years made him a popular naturalist. Unit resources.
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The Pony Express: A Unit Study
The Pony Express got underway on April 3, 1860, and ended after 19 months of operation. Unit resources.
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Free History Studies: The Star-Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key wrote the words to the Star-Spangled Banner upon seeing the Stars and Stripes flying over Fort McHenry. Unit resources.
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Free History Studies: Captain James Lawrence
Captain James Lawrence is a naval officer famous for the battle cry “Don’t Give Up the Ship.” Unit resources.
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Free History Studies: Washington Irving
Washington Irving was largely self-taught and his love of books made him one of America’s best-loved authors. Unit resources.
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Free History Studies: Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton is known for inventing the first commercially successful steamboat. Unit resources.