What the law requires (or allows) is not always fair or just or honorable. Politics is often polarizing. Stories in this collection help us to examine the highs and lows of "the law" over the centuries.
Rudolf Abel was a Soviet spy, living in America for eight years, before an informer (his own assistant) blew Abel's cover when the informer defected i...
The political campaigns, leading-up to the presidential election of 1884, included lots of arguing politicians.
Saadi (Sa'di) Shirazi - often referred to only by his first name - was a Persian poet who lived in the late-12th / early 13th centuries.
While "witch hunts" frequently took place in parts of Europe between the 14th and 16th centuries - resulting in the deaths of up to 50,000 people - th...
The first witch trial, in Massachusetts, occurred soon after the Puritans arrived in America. In 1648, Margaret Jones was accused - and hanged - in Ch...
After Tituba—accused of being a witch in 1692—testified that she saw the names of other people in the “Devil’s book,” th...
FDR wrote this secret message to Churchill in June of 1940.
It starts on 7 March 1965 when a civil rights procession, from Selma to Montgomery, turns violent. MLK gets involved and leads the second attempt (on ...
This image depicts a sculpture of Seneca the Youngerby Puerta de Almodvarin Crdoba, Spain.
Also known as the "African Emperor," Septimius Severus, a Caesar, rules the Roman Empire for nearly 18 years.
Racism in America, during the days before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, was even manifested in law-enforcement officials.
There was a real Dracula. Learn how Sigismund of Luxembourg (1369-1437) gave the Dracula family its name.
Story
Chapter
Learning Task
Video
Image
Audio
Questions to Ponder
Audio Narration
Document