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.
Qin Shi Hunagdi ruled by fear.
Qin Shi Huangdi died when he was fifty years old, leaving a mixed legacy.
A prince, who was born Ying Zheng, became the First Emperor of China, who renamed himself Qin Shi Hunagdi. Who was he? How did he rule his ne...
The railway carriage in which Germany surrendered to France, at the end of World War I, had been housed in a French museum.
After Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat for a white man, and Dr.
Gandhi referred to South Africa as his second home, and it was there that the young lawyer decided to non-violently oppose a racially motivated law.
When he was 78 years old, Gandhi tried to mediate a rift which had developed between two of India's leading political figures.
Gandhi remains a highly respected man in his home country (India) and around the world. Who was he as a man and as a leader?
Even though the people of Beijing had been without food for so long, because Genghis Khans men attacked their suppliers, the city still had a powerful...
Temujen made a vow to never be defeated again.
For the first time in Mongolian history, a new title was given to the ruler of a new nation: Universal Ruler of all men - or - Genghis Khan.
Temujen awarded status based on ability, not birth.
Story
Chapter
Story Brief
Learning Task
Image
Audio
Questions to Ponder
Audio Narration
Document