Travel through centuries of human history with books that introduce students to major events, civilizations, wars, movements, discoveries, and changes that shaped societies around the world. The History collection contains one of the broadest subject selections in the catalog, covering American history, world history, ancient civilizations, European history, military history, Texas history, exploration, government, and social change.
Students can study ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, early American civilizations, and other societies to learn how people lived, governed, traded, fought, created, and worshipped. Books about European history examine monarchies, revolutions, exploration, the Renaissance, and periods of major political and cultural change.
American history receives extensive coverage. Readers can investigate early settlement, colonial America, the American Revolution, the Constitution, westward expansion, slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, industrialization, immigration, the Great Depression, the World Wars, the Cold War, civil rights, and modern America.
The collection also includes books focused on Texas history, including exploration, settlement, independence, statehood, cattle, railroads, oil, and other major periods in the state's development.
Military history titles introduce important wars, battles, strategies, leaders, and the experiences of people affected by conflict. Other books examine inventions, economics, transportation, politics, art, music, and everyday life within their historical settings.
Created for students across PK-12, with substantial resources for elementary and middle school, these titles can support classroom lessons, homeschool programs, research projects, and independent reading. Younger students can begin with major people, places, and events. Older learners can examine causes, consequences, competing ideas, political decisions, and changes over time.
This collection helps students place events in context and build a broader understanding of how the past influenced the world they know today.
