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.
One theory has it that meteor sparks might have ignited the blaze the night of Chicago's Great Fire in October, 1871.
Two giant undersea slabs (tectonic plates) collide and rupture the Earth's crust.
The massive Banda Aceh quake causes tons of displaced water to roar toward Indian-Ocean shorelines. A massive tsunami is thus set in motion.
The causes of the Great Depression are still debated.
The stock market crash, Hoover and failing banks are all causes of the Great Depression, but there are others still unknown.
Victor Emmanuel II, King of Piedmont-Sardinia, and his Prime Minister, Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, build relationships to help them rid Italy of fo...
Elizabeth creates a commemorative coin praising victory over the Armada; however, she and Philip II never make peace.
Without justice or due process, Celia is hanged on December 21, 1855 for murdering her rapist and owner.
Book burning ends as the Middle Ages draw to a close, but censorship continues.
Church leaders and Elizabeth's husband, Theophilus, request that she leave the Bible class in which the teacher encourages Elizabeth's outspoken views...
Tony Minke, on his way to get his watch repaired, finds Bobby's body.
Guiteau blames President Garfield for his unsuccessful career.
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