How do we make a "sound judgment" in a culturally diverse society? How do we know the best path to follow in an interdependent world? These stories, based on social-studies, help us to understand that personal and environmental relationships impact our lives and our world.
Abraham Lincoln - one of America's most-famous presidents - left behind many words, although no one today is able to hear his actual voice.
Chapter 10 - After her visit to Boston, Helen and her teacher went on holiday to Cape Cod.
By the later part of 1939, Orson Welles and his Mercury-Theatre-on-the-Air players were sponsored by Campbell Soup.
Mark Twain published his famous book, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, in Britain (in December of 1884) and in America (in February of 1885).
After he leaves the house, around midnight, Huck Finn joins his buddy, Tom Sawyer.
On its mission to the Moon, Apollo 13 encountered a near-fatal situation.
Combining many different clips from the horror-filled day of November 22, 1963, Mike Swickey created this radio documentary about President Kennedy'...
Not knowing whether there was a conspiracy behind the death of President Kennedy, officials initially delayed the formal announcement of his death.
Helen visited the Perkins Institute for the Blind in May of 1888.
During the summer of 1886, Helen and her parents visited a famous Baltimore physician.
When diplomatic efforts between Britain and Germany failed to end Hitler's attack on Poland - in early September, 1939 - Neville Chamberlain (the Br...
Churchill tried repeatedly to convince FDR to enter the war.
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