On May 12, 1780, John Adams wrote his wife Abigail that he must study “Politicks and War’’ so their sons and grandchildren would have the opportunities to master commerce and the fine arts after the ...

Online resource designed to improve students' knowledge of standard topics in U.S. History and to improve their ability to understand material culture objects as types of historical evidence. Includes ...

The most curious things about History's new miniseries The Men Who Built America are right there in the title: the notions that men alone built America, that America was primarily crafted by its ...

Described as a “plate with hieroglyphic text,’ this Maya plate, dating to 550-650 CE, is an excellent example of an Earthenware vessel decorated with an orange slip, red pigment, and black pigment. It ...

The mid-1980s were a wasteland for the American video game market, with consumers torn between quarter-guzzling arcade machines and sub-par home consoles, such as the Atari 2600. Enter the NES from ...

One of the most notable objects in LGBTQ+ resistance movements may or may not have existed: a donut thrown in a riot in May 1959 at Cooper Do-nuts in Los Angeles. Cooper was a 24-hour cafeteria ...

With his bright red coat, big orange nose, and wide eyes, Elmo is arguably the most famous of the Sesame Street muppets–but he didn’t always have it this good. Elmo began as an ‘Anything Muppet’–an ...

With his bright red coat, big orange nose, and wide eyes, Elmo is arguably the most famous of the Sesame Street muppets–but he didn’t always have it this good. Elmo began as an "Anything Muppet"—an ...