What better way for a youth to explore issues of character and to find their ethical center than through stories? Here is a collection of inspirational and thought-provoking stories to fuel that search.
On March 3, 1887, Helen Keller's life changed. Anne Sullivan, a teacher in the art of "finger spelling," agrees to help the Keller family. Perhaps the...
When it's difficult for a person to formulate thoughts it seems like those words are becoming like soon-to-be-melted snowflakes.
During his long career, Herblock targets politics and public policy using truth to remind public servants that they serve the people.
President Johnson's personal diary entries lack a sense of urgency concerning the alleged second attack in the Gulf of Tonkin on 4 August 1964.
Who is responsible for Santa Claus being fat and jolly? Author Clement Moore and illustrator Thomas Nast get the credit for creating that image of San...
If cracks are not repaired to contain the coolant, the K-19 could explode due to a meltdown.
During late November, 1820, the Essex was attacked by a whale. The real-life story inspired the tale of "Moby Dick."
Creating his famous character, Ebenezer Scrooge, Charles Dickens walks the streets of London during the fall of 1843. He ponders the best way to tell...
A marriage gets really tested when one of the two individuals becomes care-giver for the other.
When King Edward VIII gives up the throne to marry a divorced woman, Albert becomes King George VI.
Prince Albert stammers through his speech closing the 1925 British Empire Exhibition, then agrees to seek help for his speech.
The Navy plans to retire Brashear from active duty, but he endorses his own orders to go back to diving school.
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