How much money is enough money? Future wage earners explore the minimum hourly wage and then use it to calculate monthly and yearly earnings. They use an interactive to consider living costs and determine whether earning a minimum wage...

Passage of the Adamson Act in 1916 was a huge victory for labor unions pushing for an eight-hour day. Read about that victory and find an illustration celebrating that fact.

Examine a book of hours, or prayer book, made for French queen Jeanne d'Evreux in the early 14th century at this Metropolitan Museum site. Illustrations, closeups, and explanatory annotations populate the site, which is especially...

This resource from the Metropolitan Museum of Art provides information about The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, ca. 1324-1328, folios from the illuminated manuscripts.

An image of "Book of Hours", created by Master of the Hours of Marechal De Boucicaut, c. 1412 (Manuscript).

An image of "Book of Hours of Marechal de Boucicaut", created by Master of the Hours of Marechal De Boucicaut from 1405-08 (Manuscript , 275 x 190 mm).

An image of "Book of Hours of Marechal de Boucicaut", created by Master of the Hours of Marechal De Boucicaut from 1405-08 (Manuscript , 275 x 190 mm).

An image of "Book of Hours of Marechal de Boucicaut", created by Master of the Hours of Marechal De Boucicaut from 1405-08 (Manuscript , 275 x 190 mm).

An image of "Book of Hours of Marechal de Boucicaut", created by Master of the Hours of Marechal De Boucicaut from 1405-08 (Manuscript , 275 x 190 mm).

An image of "Book of Hours of Marechal de Boucicaut", created by Master of the Hours of Marechal De Boucicaut from 1405-08 (Manuscript , 275 x 190 mm).

As part of NewsHour's "The John Roberts Confirmation" site, a chart that describes the confirmation process for the U.S. Supreme Court.

An image of "Book of Hours", created by Master Honore, c. 1290 (Manuscript).

View about two dozen of Graeme Base's illustrations from such books as "Animalia," "The Eleventh Hour," and "Jungle Drums." Some of the pictures are accompanied by explanatory text by the author.

An image of "Hours of Philip the Good", created by Jean Le Tavernier in 1454 (Manuscript).

An image of "Book of Hours of Lorenzo de' Medici", created by Francesco Rosselli in 1485 (Manuscript , 170 x 108 mm).

An image of "Book of Hours of Lorenzo de' Medici", created by Francesco Rosselli in 1485 (Manuscript , 170 x 108 mm).

An image of "Materials for a Leisure Hour", created by William Michael Harnett in 1879 (Oil on canvas, 38 x 52 cm).

An image of "Idle Hours", created by William Merritt Chase in 1894 (Oil on canvas, 65 x 90 cm).

An image of "Book of Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux", created by Jean Pucelle from 1325-28 (Manuscript , 94 x 64 mm).

An image of "Book of Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux", created by Jean Pucelle from 1325-28 (Manuscript , 94 x 64 mm).

An image of "Book of Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux", created by Jean Pucelle from 1325-28 (Manuscript , 94 x 64 mm).

An image of "Book of Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux", created by Jean Pucelle from 1325-28 (Manuscript , 94 x 64 mm).

An image of "Book of Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux", created by Jean Pucelle from 1325-28 (Manuscript , 94 x 64 mm).

An image of "Book of Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux", created by Jean Pucelle from 1325-28 (Manuscript , 94 x 64 mm).