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.
Jeannette Rankin was a lifelong activist for peace. A member of Congress - representing Montana in the House of Representatives before most Amer...
In 1774, Thomas Jefferson was a delegate to the Virginia Convention. Representing Albemarle County, Jefferson drafted this set of instructions f...
Thomas Jefferson was very upset about John Marshall's opinion in Marbury v Madison. Year after the 1803 opinion was written, Jefferson wrote abo...
Thomas Jefferson delivered his first inaugural address on the 4th of March, 1801. This is a page from his handwritten manuscript. The Library o...
Jefferson's letter to Napoleon, regarding the "Louisiana Purchase," is maintained by the National Archives.
The second page of President Jefferson's request to Congress for $2,500 for the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the West - all the way to the Pa...
Image of a Defence Motion in the District Court of Eastern Pennsylvania proceedings - 1860. Click on the image for a better view.
The first page of President Kennedy's inaugural address, as it was actually given. Click on the image for a readable view. See, also:JFK Inaugural A...
The second page of President Kennedy's inaugural address, as it was actually delivered. Click on the image for a readable view.
Third page of President Kennedy's inaugural address, as it was actually delivered. Click on the image for a readable view.
This is the text of the speech which President Kennedy gave to the American people, the night of October 22, 1962. When the country tuned-in to ...
This image is of a Jim Crow Song Book which was published in Ithaca, New York, in 1839. It provides an early depiction of a minstrel-show character, ...
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