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.
The Tuskegee airmen in WWII fly mission as the 99th Pursuit Squad.
Douglass travels to speak and write against slavery, and becomes friends with other famous abolitionists William Lloyd Garrison and John Brown.
The public deal is that Soviets withdraw missiles from Cuba in exchange for a U.S. agreement never to invade Cuba.
Bobby is laid to rest atArlington Cemetery, not far from his brother's grave.
Upset, Castro believes the Soviets leave Cuba no real protection against the US once the missiles are withdrawn from Cuba.
President Lincoln relieves General Hooker of command because of his loss at Chancellorsville.
Texas defenders, including James Bowie and William Travis, hold the Alamo against Santa Anna's troops. Travis pleads for more soldiers.
Mexican troops kill the Alamo defenders. Susanna Dickinson and Santa Anna both provide witness accounts.
Mary Kelly supposedly tries to blackmail the royal family with her information about Prince Eddy's illegitimate child.
Bobby wins the California Democratic primary and gives a victory speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
Native Americans inhabit the great "wilderness," nearly the entire western part of the US.
England gets its name from the large number of Angles who live in southern Britain; the area referred to as Angle-land.
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