Photograph: A masked worker fumigates a bracero with DDT at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, while others wait in line.

This lesson plan outlines topics for short research projects and classroom performances related to the Mexican War. Have students select individuals connected to the Mexican War, perform research, and ...

Obverse Image: Seal script text read from top to bottom.

This wooden case is covered with black leather and lined with blue satin and velvet. A metal sliding pin serves as a bar lock. The lid is marked: 2072. A piece of tape on the lid is marked: No. 4 (/) ...

This metal compass is noticeably corroded. The compass is held together by a screw at the top. A spring inside the mechanism below the screw allows the two legs to be squeezed together. The mechanism ...

Obverse Image: Christopher Columbus in sight of land at left. At right, presentation of an Indian Princess, representing America, to other allegorical figures representing the Old World. Reverse Image ...