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.
Read first hand how Minoru Genda plans the Pearl Harbor attack.
As the Spanish Armada returns home, by way of Scotland and Ireland, the men encounter bad storms. Many die in the shipwrecks but also at the hands of ...
US soldiers ask for, but do not receive, proper equipment and weapons. This mission is like the Tet Offensive in Vietnam; poor policies are in place a...
PG&E passes out flyers to residents suggesting their chemicals are not harmful and even make them sound helpful.
Although the dangers of hexavalent chromium (also known as "Chromium VI" or "Chrome 6") have long been known, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&a...
Khrushchev believes President Kennedy will not react if he places nuclear missiles in Cuba.
While John Wilkes Booth remains infamous, 86 pages of his diary remain missing.
Operation Restore Hopes begins as a way to protect food supplies. Then President Clinton must order more soldiers and helicopters to Somalia.
General Burnside's mistakes at Fredericksburg include waiting too long to cross a river, allowing Robert E. Lee time to bring in more soldiers.
Mogadishu is a combat zone between rebels when US troops arrive. The task is to capture Omar Salad and Mohamed Hassan Awale, aides to Mohamed Farrah A...
Monk Eastman is "king" of the New York gangsters until he is arrested in 1904; then Johnny Sirocco takes over a third of his gang.
African American citizens challenge segregated city buses
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