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Brush-pen and gouache comic pairs an Indigenous woman guiding a French trader along a river with an Indigenous trading partner negotiating goods at a Dutch wharf.

French and Dutch Colonization: Trade, Alliances and Power

Compare French and Dutch colonization through Native alliances, fur trade, company charters and source evidence, with CLEP U.S. History I practice.

Pastel-and-charcoal comic uses four interlocking puzzle pieces to represent Indigenous alliances, disease, political divisions and weapons, above a tribute ledger, silver ingot and mission.

Spanish Conquest and Colonial Systems: Power and Resistance

Study Spanish conquest and colonial systems through alliances, labor, missions and Indigenous resistance, with sources and CLEP U.S. History I practice.

Hand-drawn comic of Indigenous communities growing maize, beans and squash, guiding irrigation water in the Southwest, and harvesting Pacific Northwest salmon.

Environment, Agriculture and Regional Adaptation: Native Choices

Hand-drawn comic of a student exploring diverse Indigenous North American towns, councils, shell and copper trade, and seasonal mobility before 1500.

Indigenous Societies before 1500: Regional Diversity and Power

Hand-drawn comic with a pop-up folder showing immigration documents, a multigenerational family, work and care, and public discussion beside a courthouse.

Citizenship and Immigration: Family, Rights and U.S. History

Hand-drawn chalk comic linking a microchip to university research, changing office and technical work, and students using different digital learning tools.

Digital Revolution: Education and the Changing Workplace

Hand-drawn pencil comic of Barack Obama examining an ACA 2010 policy workshop with insurance rules, subsidies, Medicaid, Congress, courts, and a family at a clinic.

Obama and the Affordable Care Act: Policy and Partisanship

Hand-drawn comic of linked dominoes showing housing and mortgage risk spreading through securities, credit, jobs, and a neighborhood storefront.

Great Recession: Housing Bubble, Financial Crisis and Policy

Hand-drawn comic contrasting the 2003 Iraq invasion with unfinished routes toward security, public services, and political legitimacy, with Iraqi residents repairing and debating.

Iraq War: Strategy, Occupation and Limits of American Power

Hand-drawn pastel comic of airport screening, investigators comparing records, a judge reviewing security authority, and an advocate with a civilian at a hearing.

September 11: Afghanistan, Homeland Security and Civil Liberties

Hand-drawn comic distinguishing House impeachment in 1998 from Senate acquittal in 1999, with Bill Clinton remaining at work beside the White House.

1994 Realignment: Polarization and Clinton Impeachment

Hand-drawn paper-collage comic of NAFTA trade links among Canada, the United States and Mexico, contrasting consumer and export benefits with a concerned factory worker.

Clinton, NAFTA and the Third Way: Policy and Globalization

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