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.
John Andre gets caught trying to assist Benedict Arnold in his plan to give-up West Point to the British. Because he is wearing a disguise, Andre is c...
Read stories of America's response to September 11 from survivors and the families who lost loved ones.
Upon his death, Thomas' father leaves instructions that his son is to receive "a thorough classical education."
"No Man's Land" is the open and dangerous territory between Allied and German trenches during WWI.
Sue is a nearly complete T-Rex skeleton, found in South Dakotabut now residing in Chicago's Field Museum.
The people prosecuting Joan decide her fate before the trial begins. She is not given a lawyer and the person prosecuting her is also the judge in the...
Czolgosz may be insane, but his justice is swift, and he dies in the electric chair after confessing why he killed McKinley.
Once the parties agreed on an orderly way to arbitrate the case, about 36 claims were tried. The process took nearly two years. The plaintiffs' lawyer...
Celia cannot tell her side of the story in her own trial because slaves cannot testify.
Elizabeth and her husband go to trial; the jury finds her sane.
False evidence and a conviction of treason result in a death sentence for Marie Antoinette.
The settlement requires that PG&E stop using chromium 6, clean up the environment, and pay $333 million to the plaintiffs.
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