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.
A German engineer, Arthur Scherbius, creates the Enigma device in 1923; the Nazis use the codes, to great advantage, in WWII.
Tice, a runaway slave, swims across the Ohio River which separates a free state and a slave state. When he disappears, it's like he is traveling on a...
Although it seems the storm is over, by the early morning of November 1 the weakening system once again becomes a tropical storm.
Although he initially denies it, Albert Fish, the real-life model for Hannibal Lecter, admits to being a cannibal.
An all-white male jury convicts and sentences Celia to hang for first-degree murder.
Within twenty-five years of her death, justice prevails and Joan of Arc's guilty verdict is renounced; the Pope orders a new trial.
The verdict of history, regarding governmental deceptions and lies revealed in the Pentagon Papers, may reveal that because of their publication, the ...
The 8,000 victims of Galveston's Great Storm include orphans, nuns, patients and nurses. Bodies are hard to find, identify and bury.
It is July 2, 1776. To cut all ties with Britain, the 2nd Continental Congress approves the Declaration of Independence without dissent.
In order to sever all ties with Great Britain, Congress unanimously approves the Declaration of Independence.
The U.S. provides 5 million men to the war and begins an income tax to help pay for it. To encourage war support, the government uses propaganda poste...
Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that permits the use ofmilitary force in Southeast Asia without a formaldeclaration of war.
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