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.
In a darkened room, in central London, Francis Hauksbee (Hawksbee) rubbed his hand over the top of his electrostatic generator. Those actions caused&n...
Benedict Arnold is a militia captain who seeks too much glory and too much reimbursement.
Susan is from a Quaker family that believes men and women had equal standing before God.
Anthony lives in a Quaker home that believes in equal rights, hard work, and education.
In the 1600s, the East India Company becomes one of the most powerful businesses in the world.
Despite years of medical research, Ebola still has no cure and no vaccine. Victims can be supported with replacement fluids, if the illness is caught ...
South Carolina History Standard 8-5.2 Describe the economic impact of Reconstruction on South Carolina in each of the various social classes
Although his family continues to try to see him, Edgardo decides to remain with the Catholic Church.
Edgardo chooses the Catholic Church over freedom and his family.
Even after liberation, Edgardo plans never to rejoin his family.
Ed Viesturs is an expert climber who reaches the summit of all the world's 14 mountains higher than 8,000 feet.
Edward Bushell holds firm on his verdict, in favor of William Penn, and his own case (based on a Writ of Habeas Corpus) changes the law for future jur...
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