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.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the first major civil rights law since Reconstruction

It is never easy to break the U-boat codes because the Germans change them frequently.

With Washington as the Commander-in-Chief of their army, the colonists use rebel tactics and traps to hold their ground.

Baseball's first "Colored World Series" takes place in October of 1924. Why did this happen?

Thousands of Germans flee as the Russian army seeks revenge.

PG&E has a compressor station in Hinkley (in theMojave Desert), which puts large amounts of toxins into the water, soil, and air.

The natural-gas compressor station—owned by Pacific Gas & Electric at Hinkley, California—used hexavalent chromium which was discharge...

Conspiracy charges against Mary Surratt, David Herold, George Atzerodt and Lewis Payne lead to a death sentence for each of the accused..

Wyatt Earp is arrested and charged with the murders of Frank McLaury, Tom McLaury, and Billy Clanton.

The KLM captain attempts to avoid the collision, but slams into the side of the Pan Am jet.

Chapter 2 of How the Game of Monopoly Saved Over 10,000 Soldiers

Twenty men and one 14-year-old cabin boy leave Nantucket, aboard a whaleship called Essex. They plan to fill the barrels in their cargo hold with oil ...

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