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.
Because Philip II of Spain is angry about Mary's execution and Britain's aid to the Dutch, he creates an Armada to go to war with Britain.
Elizabeth's half-sister Mary Tudor becomes Queen and marries the Catholic Philip II of Spain; Britain worries that Protestants will be ill-treated.
Philip Johnston believes Navajos can create an unbreakable code during WWII using their unwritten language.
Photographic proof of the Holocaust exists, despite some who say it never happened.
Dorothea Lange takes one of the most well-known depression era photos of a "migrant mother" and her children.
Descriptions and images of Spanish Flu from around the world.
American manufacturers design military planes, uniforms and helmets in an attempt to protect pilots.
Today, Port Royal is a place for underwater study to view remnants of the pirate culture.
A virtual tour of Vietnam assists the reader in picturing the Vietnam of Greene's novel.
Charley Williams shares his life story about what it was like to live as a slave on a plantation.
Chapter 5 of How the Game of Monopoly Saved Over 10,000 Soldiers
While helping to build a home for the Epps family, Platt (Solomon Northup) meets a Canadian man called Bass. That meeting will change Platt's life.
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