Social Studies Chapters

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.

Prohibition Becomes Law

Martin Luther has issues with the Church and thinks Purgatory is nothing more than a Church plan to get people's money.

When John Dillinger begins his 13-month crime spree, placing him at the top of America's "most wanted" list, the Great Depression is ongoing.

Those who help runaway slaves obtain freedom are punished.

Martin Luther thinks Purgatory is nothing more than a Church plan to get people's money.

Artwork shows Dante's words because many medieval people cannot read.

Today, the Catholic Church still holds that Purgatory is a place where a person's soul goes after death.

Colonial Puritans believe that the only right way is God's way, as they interpret the Biblical meaning of God's ways.

The day after Gravelines, the wind pushes the Spanish Armada into the North Sea; they have a chance to make landfall and fight towards London. Queen E...

After unifying the states of China, King Zheng creates a new title calling himself theFirst Emperor of Qin, often shortened to Qin Shi Huangdi.

A long investigation, by the Warren Commission, officially concludes that Oswald acted alone in President Kennedy's murder.

Rabies is still a life-threatening illness in real life. It is also an influencer for movies and novels starring Zombies.

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