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.
The western edge of Attila's empire was the Rhine River, in today's Germany. Click on the map to more closely examine it.
At a time when the fastest mode of transportation was by horse, Attila and his Huns conquered a vast expanse of territory. To the east, his empi...
Ice Blink - The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Polar Expedition, by Scott Cookman, tells the story of Franklin's final (and fatal) effort to ...
Is a college education necessary to make one's way in the world? Would a college education help a person to get a better job? These issues...
The following is an English translation of three letters, to "Immortal Beloved," which were found after Beethoven's death. It is not known wheth...
This article, published in the Cleveland Advocate during November of 1918, discusses an interesting phenomenon occurring during the Spanish Flu Pandem...
Bookcover image of Imperial Vanities: The Adventures of the Baker Brothers and Gordon of Khartoum, by Brian Thompson.
Page from the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano (also known as "Gustavus Vassa, The African"). Never previously exposed to sailing, the young kid...
Rev. Alexander Crummell was an African-American pastor who encouraged his people in the face of ongoing disappointments under U.S. law and in American...
There is an official trial record of the Boston-Massacre defendants (which also includes the indictment against them). This is a page from that trial...
Jackie Robinson's autobiography - I Never Had It Made - was published in 1972. It allows us to hear from Jackie, first hand, on what it was like...
Image of the Court Order to close Kent State University, signed by Judge Albert L. Caris. Click on the image for a better view.
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