Need to know where Native American groups were living when Columbus arrived? The names of the 13 original English colonies? Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner? Where Lewis and Clark went on their expedition? How many judges are on the Supreme Court? Who is in the President's cabinet?

"Everything You Need to Know About History Homework" provides fourth-to-sixth grade students and their parents with the information they need to complete American history assignments. With the help of Dial-A-Teacher, which has operated a telephone help line since 1979, the authors have compiled this American history reference guide with easy-to-understand answers to students' most frequently asked querstions. No other source offers such a full range of information directly related to the fourth through sixth grade American history curriculum.