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.
President McKinley is laid to rest as huge crowds look on and Thomas Edison films the event.
Mary is tried and convicted of treason; she is beheaded in 1587 and there are eyewitness accounts of her death.
First-century Judea combines Roman rule, Greek thought, Jewish tradition, and the Aramaic language.
Legend says when Ivan sees St. Basil he is overwhelmed with its beauty and orders the architect be blinded so the cathedral can never be outdone.
Key, greatly relieved about the outcome of the battle, writes a poem about it. Soon thereafter, his words are set to the tune of a popular song.
DNA and skeletal evidence prove that human remains which are found belong to the Romanov family and their staff.
DNA and skeletal evidence prove that uncovered remains belong to the Romanov family and their staff.
During his long career, Herblock targets politics and public policy using truth to remind public servants that they serve the people.
The remaining 55 hostages are let go after 444 days, and Mendez receives honors for his rescue mission.
Learn about Marie Antoinette's royal childhood and see the three palaces where she spends her time.
Dostoevsky gets into serious trouble when he reads, then copies, a censored work; he goes to prison for this alleged crime.
When his main contact in America defects in Paris, Rudolf Abel is "found out." The FBI tracks him down, to his Brooklyn neighborhood, and arrests him ...
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