A Living History of Our World Volume 1-Ancient Americans Through the Gold Rush

Chapters

• 1 Who lived here first?
• From where did the first American come?
• A brief look at some of the more prominent tribes/groups
• 2 Leif Erikson, the Christian King
• The story of Erik the Red and Leif the Lucky
• The Vikings "find" North America
• 3 Christopher Columbus and other European Explorers
• Who was Christopher Columbus?
• A brief look at some of the more prominent European explorers
• The beginnings of the "American" slave trade, as Africans are brought to work for the European "farmers"
• 4 Settlements, Mosquitoes, and an Indian Princess
• The Mystery of Roanoke
• Captain John Smith and Jamestown
• Meet Pocahontas friend of John Smith
• 5 Pilgrimage to Freedom
• What made the Pilgrims leave England?
• The Pilgrim's new home in Holland
• The need for religious freedom and the voyage on the Mayflower
• The hard first winter as half of the Pilgrims die
• 6 Squanto, the friendly Indian and the First Thanksgiving
• Squanto's story and how God saved him from dying with the rest of his people
• Squanto helps the Pilgrims with the planting and harvest, and the First Thanksgiving
• 7 Life in the Colonies
• Life in the 13 Colonies
• African slave trade grows
• The Salem Witch Trials
• The Great Awakening
• 8 William Penn, a Man of Peace
• The founding of the "City of Brotherly Love"
• 9 William Wilberforce, Abolitionist Hero
• Meet William Wilberforce, an unlikely hero
• 10 Young George Washington and the Horrible War
• Meet young General George Washington
• The tale of Acadia
• 11 Winds of Change in the English Colonies
• Tea Thrown Over-board!
• Give me liberty of give me death!
• 12 The Power of Words
• Benjamin Franklin~ jack-of-all-trades
• Thomas Jefferson~ writer of the Declaration of Independence
• 13 The British are coming!
• The Famous Ride of Paul Revere
• The Minute Men
• The Shot Heard Around the World
• 14 Stories of the American Revolution
• Valley Forge
• Important battles
• Brave men at sea
• 15 More Stories from the Revolution
• Spies!
• A soldier's life
• Women in the war
• Betsy Ross (June 1776)
• 16 13 Colonies Become One Nation
• Our New Government: For the People, by the People!
• Who wrote it?
• How it Works
• 17 First in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his fellow countryman
• (1st George Washington 1789-1797)
• (2nd president John Adams 1797-1801)
• 18 Looking West!
• Adventure with Daniel Boone, a real life legend
• 19 The Louisiana Purchase, What a Deal!
• (3rd president, Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809)
• 20 The Adventures of Lewis and Clark
• Sacagawea, Indian Guide
• Journey to the Pacific
• 21 The Strange War of 1812
• Oh, Say Can You See?
• (4th president- James Madison 1809-1817)
• 22 The Industrial Revolution Changes the World
• Steam engines and cotton gins
• 5th president- James Monroe 1817-1825
• 6th president- John Q. Adams 1825-1829
• 23 Paths to Change, part 1 and 2
• Path to freedom~ traveling the Underground Railroad
• Trail of Tears~ the Indian "removal"
• (7th president- Andrew Jackson 1829-1837)
• 24 Heroes of the Abolition Movement
• Frederick Douglass, fighting of equality
• Harriet Tubman, the lady "Moses"
• 25 The Story of the Alamo
• Remember the Alamo
• 8th president- Martin Van Buren 1837-1841, 9th president- William H. Harrison 1841
• 26 The Great Journey West Part 1
• Wagon Trains on the Oregon and California Trail
• (10th president- John Tyler 1841-1845)
• 27 The Great Journey West Part 2
• The Gold Rush! (11th president- James K. Polk 1845-1849)
• 28 Looking back, looking forward and our place in history