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.
In this audio clip, Carole Bos reads from Les Miserables, Volume I - Book Fifth ("The Descent") - Chapter VI (entitled "Father Fauchelevent").
Arrested and jailed for protesting without a permit, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. used his time in jail to write a letter urging a change in how Americ...
Lina Radke, a German-born athlete, refused to be intimidated by cultural limitations on females participating in sports.
This book was a Caldecott Honor Book because of its illustrations. It is a retelling of the well-known story of "Little Red Riding Hood," but in...
Ten days before Parliament was scheduled to open in November of 1605, William Parker (also known as Lord Monteagle) was about to have dinner at his ho...
Louis Zamperini returned to Japan, in the fall of 1950, and had an opportunity to visit with some of his former prison guards.
In December of 1508, Michelangelo wrote a sonnet about what it was like for him to paint the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel.
Miles (Myles) Standish was a British military man who was born in Lancashire around 1584. He assisted the Pilgrims.
Minoru Genda was the Japanese officer who planned the Pearl Harbor attack. He was later given America's highest honor awarded to foreigners.
Margaret Utinsky referred to her underground network, which helped prisoners of war at Cabanatuan, as Miss "U.
A white-marble building, in Rome, honors the work of Victor Emmanuel II and his efforts to unify the Italian states.
Have a look at this helpful book - Muhammad, Prophet and Statesman - by W. Montgomery Watt.
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