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.
This image depicts the second page of U.S. President Kennedy's telegram to Moscow which characterizes normal relations between the U.S. and the Soviet...
Letter From President Kennedy to Premier Khrushchev, dated October 27, 1962. Click on the image for a better view.
An excerpt from Treating Drug Problems - published by the Institute of Medicine - tells us an interesting story about Abraham Lincoln. At the time he...
On the 9th of August, 1974, President Nixon sent a letter to his Secretary of State (Henry Kissinger). In that letter, he resigned as America's ...
Despite existing laws which would have required a different outcome, President Van Buren was concerned that the rights of Spain be protected since the...
Image of a New York Times press article entitled: CZAR'S HEIR HAS BLEEDING DISEASE This story was originally published in London on November 9, ...
This contemporary article, commenting on the words of Frederick Douglass, reflects the respect which abolitionists had for Frederick Douglass. The ar...
Image of an article from the Rochester Post Express about the life of Frederick Douglass. Click on the image for a better view.
This is a facsimile of the document for prisoners of war who agreed to no longer fight against the North. Click on the image to enlarge it. &nb...
When the King learned about the Gunpowder Plot, he issued a Proclamation for the capture of the individuals he believed were involved. Issued on...
Black Hawk Down was produced and distributed, in 2001, by Columbia Pictures. It had a budget of $95 million and is 144 minutes long. Production ...
When drugs and alcohol are illegal, people who want to use those substances will find a way to buy them. During the Prohibition years, when alco...
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