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 HMS Aubretia and David Balme, a young sailor, capture U-110's Enigma Machine and a sealed code book for the upcoming month of June, 1941.
A British ship and David Balme, a sailor, capture U-110 and its Enigma machine and code.
The British ship, HMS Aubretia, spots the U-110's periscope and drops depth charges to disable the submarine.
The British ship, HMS Aubretia, spots U-110's periscope and drops depth charges to disable the German submarine.
The British do not want the Germans to know they have the Enigma Machine, and its code books, so they tow the U-110 to Iceland where it eventually sin...
The British do not want the Germans to know they have the Enigma machine so they tow the U-110 to Iceland where it eventually sinks.
Depth charges from American ships damage the U-505 so badly that the U-boat must rise to the surface.
With the sinking of the U-559, the British gain the information they need to finally break the Enigma Machine's code.
German, Arthur Scherbius creates the Enigma device in 1923; the Nazis use the codes in WWII.
It is never easy to break the codes because the Germans change them frequently; finally the British learn to decode important weather signals.
As Ukrainians starve, the Soviet government covers-up the disaster occurring in Ukraine by selling more and more grain to other countries.
The Bolsheviks change their sharing policies to taking policies not long after consolidating their power.
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