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.
As Lenin relaxes Bolshevik policies in Ukraine, the people have a resurgence of national patriotism and culture.
Kitchener and his soldiers defeat the Mahdist, destroy The Mahdi's tomb and desecrate his body.
In September 1898, Major General Horatio Herbert Kitchener leads a force of Anglo-Egyptian soldiers against the Mahdist and forces them into the deser...
Using an early form of democracy, Greek city-states fight to keep their rights.
Paul Revere warns colonial soldiers, who stand their ground at Lexington against the British.
Fighting for freedom begins in the Texas territory.
Bobby expresses his political policy in speeches - do right even when it is not popular.
President Nixon's actions are the subject of many famous political cartoons by Herb Block (Herblock), which can be viewed online.
To end the Huguenot threat to the king's power, Richelieu orders the siege of La Rochelle, a Huguenot fortress on the Atlantic coast.
Rick "Hard Core" Rescoria jumps off a helicopter to rescue soldiers; on 9/11 he dies helping others escape from 2 World Trade Center.
Isaac Cline, Galveston weatherman, notices rising water and high tides; he sends a telegram to Washington DC to report flooding.
Within ten years after Wallace's death, Scotland is free and Robert the Bruce becomes king.
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