Encarta For Kids

Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States. He served from 1829 to 1837. He was the first president to come from a poor family. His parents were farmers.   Jackson in the American Revolution As a 13-year-old, Andrew Jackson was a messenger for South Carolina military forces during the American […]

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Andrew Jackson “Old Hickory” was the nickname of Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States. Men under Jackson’s military command called him that. They meant that Jackson was as tough as a hickory tree. Jackson had a temper and was quick to fight. He fought several duels and once killed his opponent. But he was also known as a champion […]

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Amelia Earhart In the 1930s, American pilot Amelia Earhart set speed and distance records for airplane flight. Today, Earhart is remembered as an adventurous pioneer during the early days of long-distance aviation. EARLY YEARS Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas, in 1897. She worked as a military nurse in Canada during World War I (1914-1918). In 1920, Earhart moved to California and […]

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Apes Suppose you want to dig some insects out of a tree trunk. Your fingers are too short to reach the bugs. What should you do? You could make a tool. You could find a stick and sharpen it to a point. You could use the point to spear the insects. This is a good idea, but someone else thought of it first. Apes […]

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Arachnids You may think that spiders and ticks are insects, but they are not. They belong to a group of animals called arachnids. Unlike insects, arachnids have eight legs instead of six and do not have antennae. Besides spiders and ticks, other arachnids include scorpions, daddy longlegs, and mites. Arachnids live throughout the world. There […]

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Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton set the newly created United States on solid financial footing, after the American Revolution (1775-1783) left it broke. He also pushed for a strong national government for the United States, when others favored giving strong powers to the states. Hamilton expressed his views in famous political writings known as The Federalist papers. EARLY […]

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Abraham Lincoln Young Lincoln Reading Abraham Lincoln had very little schooling, like many children who lived on the frontier. But he had a strong desire to learn, and he read books at night by the light of the fire in his family’s cabin. Lincoln Debates Slavery In 1858, Abraham Lincoln ran for a seat in […]

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Abraham Lincoln He was born in a log cabin and went to school for less than one year. But despite his humble background, Abraham Lincoln became one of the great presidents of the United States. As the 16th president, Lincoln ended slavery and held the nation together during the Civil War, America’s biggest and bloodiest crisis. People often remarked on Lincoln’s striking looks. […]

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Ants Maybe you help with chores at home. Maybe you play on a team. You know that a lot of work can get done if everyone shares part of the job. No creature knows this better than the ant. Ants live in groups called colonies. Every ant in a colony has a special job to do. WHAT KINDS OF […]

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Antelopes are mammals with hooves and hollow horns. There are about 100 species (kinds) of antelopes. They live in Africa and Asia. Antelopes range in size from the tiny royal antelope, which stands about 10 inches (25 cm), to the giant eland, which weighs as much as a car! Most antelopes live in herds. Some […]

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