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Dive into one of history's most famous technological rivalries as Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla battled to shape the future of electricity. This sess ...  View More

Recent years have seen increased public debate over books and instructional materials in schools and libraries, particularly regarding topics such as ...  View More

Contemporary American society faces growing disagreements over how individuals evaluate evidence, expertise, religious belief, media sources, and clai ...  View More

In 1897, the African American 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps rode an incredible 1,900 miles. This class explores the U.S. Army's short-lived infatuation ...  View More

What did Italian mathematician Galileo Galilei actually see through the telescope over 400 years ago? How did he, as well as his opponents, interpret ...  View More

Explore the life of John Brown, from the violence of Bleeding Kansas to his 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry, an attempt to spark an uprising against slaver ...  View More

Almost five centuries ago, Flemish anatomist Andreas Vesalius published his monumental work, On the Structure of the Human Body. Why did this book rev ...  View More

Dive into the remarkable life and complicated legacy of Ulysses S. Grant. Follow his journey from young military officer and struggling civilian to ce ...  View More

In January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of the Weimar Republic. By March, the young German democracy was dead. But how and why did this ...  View More

Celebrate Women's History Month by exploring the final years of the fight for women's right to vote through the stories of Alice Paul and Iowa's own C ...  View More

Come learn about earliest applications of photographic technology to the science of astronomy, the historical figures involved, the challenges they fa ...  View More

Go inside the conspiracy that led to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the dramatic search for John Wilkes Booth. Explore Booth's plo ...  View More