Social Studies Documents

What was it like for a fugitive slave who was trying to be free? We hear from one individual who lived in the hollow of a poplar tree for seven months...

This map depicts the location of Lima, Ohio where John Dillinger was imprisoned in the Allen County Jail during September of 1933.  The Sheriff -...

Oradour-sur-Glane (the massacre village) is located in the Limousin region (of the Haute Vienne Department), France. 

This digitized letter, from the FBI, is a request for examination of certain artifacts important to the investigation of President Lincoln's assassina...

This is page one of President Lincoln's handwritten second-inaugural address.  Click on the image to expand its view.

This is page two of President Lincoln's handwritten second-inaugural address.  Click on the image to expand its view.

President Lincoln gave the original of his Second Inaugural Address to Major John Hay, one of his secretaries.  Many historians consider the spee...

In January of 793, Vikings invaded the area of Lindisfarne Island (look just south of latitude 56, longitude 2 west in this map).  Terrified monk...

This book was a Caldecott Honor Book because of its illustrations.  It is a retelling of the well-known story of "Little Red Riding Hood," but in...

Elizabeth King - a character in The Descendants - signed a "Living Will" before she was seriously injured in a powerboat accident. What is a "Living ...

This map, based on Google Earth, depicts the location of Stageira.  The ancient town, now mostly in ruins, was the birthplace of Aristotle - the ...

This extract, from Appendix F in Edward Payson Evan's book The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals, reflects the prosecution of loc...