Kansas Museum of History curators look at two guidons (swallowtail flags) used by Kansas cavalry units during the Civil War.

Donald L. Miller, with Virginia Scharff, Douglas Brinkley, Stephen Ambrose, and Pauline Maier, follows American history from 1803 to 1861. Focusing on Westward Expansion, the presentation begins with the Louisiana Purchase and continues on to examine transportation available in this time and the development of a slave-based economy in the South.

Richard Miller reads two 1922 San Francisco Chronicle articles on the public reaction to and perception of flappers.

Richard Miller reads from the writings of Charles Warren Stoddard and Robert Louis Stevenson, on their meeting with each other in San Francisco and their impressions of the city's Rincon Hill.

In this presentation by the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, 10 clips tell the story of Florence Kahn (1866-1948), the fifth female congressperson.

In this episode of the weekly San Francisco Timecapsule, Richard Miller presents some of the reminiscences of author Charles Warren Stoddard (1843-1909) on his childhood in San Francisco.

In this podcast, Richard Miller describes the steps taken to ensure the survival of AP Hotaling & Co.'s San Francisco warehouse at 451 Jackson Street—the largest depository of whiskey on the West Coast—in the aftermath of the Great Earthquake of 1906.

In this podcast, Richard Miller describes the first major league baseball game on the West Coast, on April 15, 1958, when the Giants played the Dodgers.

Eighth-grade American history educator Eric Langhorst demonstrates how he uses Google Maps in class to show students historic sites.

Eighth-grade American history educator Eric Langhorst discusses his techniques for exploring the fate of the Donner Party in the classroom, using the PBS documentary The Donner Party from PBS and in-class debate over the role of Lansford Hastings in the tragedy.

To listen to the podcast select "Direct link to Podcast #181 - Teaching the Donner Party as a Debate." The video clip shows the in-class debate.