Professor Karen Ordahl Kupperman and historian Walter W. Woodward examine the history of the Jamestown colony in-depth, focusing on the personalities involved, including John Smith.
Pulitzer-Prize-winning historian Joseph Ellis tells six stories from the early years of the American Republic, looking at the choices the Founding Fathers faced and the choices they made. Ellis examines the impact these decisions had on U.S. history and how they relate to current situations and life.
Director of the Massachusetts Historical Society William Fowler follows the history of the French and Indian War, emphasizing its importance as a turning point in U.S. history that remains little taught and little known popularly.
Landon Y. Jones, vice president of the National Council for the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial, covers the life history of William Clark, including his life after the expedition, when he took part in the seizing of the West from Native Americans.
Three scholars present papers on the history of Native American and African slavery and the slave trade in New England. The papers are "Another Face of Slavery: Indentured Servitude of Native Americans in Southern New England," "Freedom and Conflicts over Class, Gender, and Identity: The Evolving Relationship between Indians and Blacks in Southern New England, 17501870," and "Enslavement and Indians in Southern New England: Unraveling a Hidden History."
Author and performer Clay S. Jenkinson gives an in-character presentation of the life and explorations of Lewis Meriwether, focusing particularly on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He follows the presentation with an in-character question-and-answer session.
Native American leaders and anthropologists explore the history of the Boston Harbor Islands' Deer Island, used as an internment camp for Native Americans during King Phillip's War in 1675.
Professor Jill Lepore describes the war between colonists and Native Americans that broke out in New England in 1675. She emphasizes the impact of cultural memory of events in constructing national identity.
French-Canadian reporter Richard Hetu details the roles of French Canadians in the Louis and Clark Expedition. Hetu focuses particularly on Toussaint Charbonneau, husband of Sacagawea. The presentation includes slides.
The lecture's audio is also available for download as a mp3 file.
The Alfred P. Sloan Museum of Flint Michigan presents local history, historic automobiles, and scientific principles. Historic topics are covered in the Hometown Gallery and Piersen Automotive Gallery. Collections include more than 125,000 artifacts including textiles, prehistoric objects, and more than 80 historic vehicles made in Flint.
The museum offers hands-on activities; exhibits; films; a vehicle conservation and restoration shop; archival access; arts and crafts workshops; group tours; group picture-puzzle scavenger hunts; more than 11 hands-on educational programs, ranging from autowork to the fur trade; a planetarium; and a lunchroom. Reservations are required for school groups. Separate reservations are required for use of the lunchroom by large groups.