Geography provides a sense of place. What a country has, in terms of strategic location and natural resources, can determine its role in the world. See why geography matters in this collection of stories.
In the late 1800s in Cuba, Father Benito Vines trains people to predict hurricanes. U.S. forecasters are reluctant to use his data.
Beulahs looks, a good story, publicity for her and Belva, and a young, male jury all play parts in her acquittal.
Dew is not only beautiful on a spider's web, it also provides the spider with essential drinking water.
See the towns in the West as they begin to form when people move to new areas of America's "wilderness."
The Japanese attack West Loch at Pearl Harbor and destroy US military and equipment bound for the battle of Saipan.
When we use trees to make things, we produce waste and destroy habitats so we must conserve this natural resource.
We have evidence that parts of the tales published by the Brothers Grimm are based on real people and real places.
Black Death (or pestilence) gets its name from black boils which appear on the bodies of infected people.
A bacterium, Yersinia pestis, causes Bubonic plague; the oriental rat flea transmits the disease to humans from black rats.
Complete this chart to learn the differences between a moth and a butterfly.
Politicians (Bundy and McNamara) with little knowledge of Vietnamese history want to defeat Communism, and look for an excuse to fight North Vietnam.
Family members are put in different camps where they work on large projects, such as the White Sea Canal.
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