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.
Members of European royal families usually married each other to protect their power, but Nicholas and Alexandra are in love.
President John F. Kennedy first promotes the idea of a world trade center; a decade later the New York skyline changes with the center.
The first printing of Gone with the Wind was 10,000 copies (when 5,000 copies was typical for the lifetime of a book).
Vincent writes his feelings in his letters to Theo, seeming to focus entirely on his work while realizing the price he is paying.
Floodwaters cover Galveston Island, kill around 8,000 people and destroy the city. It is the deadliest U.S. storm and natural disaster in the country'...
With flies buzzing around him, from nearby stables, Tom Jefferson drafts a Declaration of Independence. Going against the norms of society, Jefferson'...
Lawyer Francis Scott Key hears too much when he boards a British ship to negotiate the release of Dr. William Beanes.
Children help raise money in campaigns for war bonds.
Between 1360 and 1382, John Wycliffe and his Oxford associatestranslatethe Vulgate New Testament into English.
Xerxes has an army, the "Immortals," consisting of exactly 10,000 men at all times.
TheYeti,orAbominable Snowman, a largeape-likecreature that inhabits theHimalayanregion, may be myth or truth.
Ying Zheng, China's first emperor unifies seven warring states even though they fight for their independence.
Story
Story Brief
Learning Task
Video
Image
Audio
Questions to Ponder
Audio Narration
Document