Wendy Conklin

The Mayas, Incas, and Aztecs were three groups of people found living in the ancient Amer...

Abolitionist John Brown raises a small army of men in the hopes of starting a slave revol...

In this story, two friends make themselves flat to take on a tremendous school project. T...

From the Vikings to Henry Hudson, the great explorers sailed across uncharted waters duri...

Christopher Columbus set out on August 3, 1492, to find the East by sailing west. Over th...

Who were the Civil War leaders, how did they attain their positions, and why did they fig...

Robert E. Lee was considered by many to be an amazing man of character, determination, an...

More men lost their lives during the battles of the Civil War than in any other war invol...

Ulysses S. Grant was a warrior, hero, and a compassionate soldier. Grant led the Union ar...

Eleanor Roosevelt lived during an exciting time. Women had just gained the right to vote....

In 1939, another war that would encompass the world began in Europe. World War II began a...

When Adolf Hitler began raising his army, one of the first people who sounded the alarm w...

Although slavery was illegal at the beginning of the twentieth century, segregation was p...

Martin Luther King Jr. grew up knowing that there needed to be a change in the way that A...

The Cold War was a different kind of war that lasted for more than 40 years. Countries di...

During the Cold War, communism was seen as a viable threat to the world. Vladimir Lenin l...

Confucius was born in 551 B.C. There was great suffering and chaos during this time in Ch...

Moctezuma was the most famous ruler of the powerful Aztec empire. After leading the Aztec...