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 once-top-secret document, dated 2 October 1963, is the first page of a report which is part of the "Pentagon Papers." Robert McNamara and Maxwell...
The following is the Opinion of the Naval Court of Inquiry which examined whether Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and General Walter C. Short were in d...
Image from the British Law Courts Report by Lord Mersey. Click on the image for a better view.
Image of a report called Affidavit of Surgeon reporting on 1st Cabin survivors picked up by the Carpathia. Click on the image for a better view.
Wyatt Earp resigned his position as Sheriff of Pima County (Arizona Territory) on the 9th of November, 1880. The original document had been stor...
Richard Henry Lee's Resolution, declaring that the American Colonies were no longer subject to British control, is one of America's most-treasured doc...
This Resolution, made by Richard Henry Lee and seconded by John Adams in the Second Continental Congress, brought the colonies a step closer to indepe...
Several resources are available to help children process the horrific events in Haiti. The following are a few which may be useful. Talking to ...
The U.S. government allowed slave owners to seek-and-find runaways. This text image depicts an example of advertisements, which owners published...
Two years to the day before he died of a gunshot wound in Los Angeles, Senator Robert F. Kennedy delivered a major speech in South Africa. On t...
This map depicts the location of Rheims, the famous cathedral city in France. It is the place where French kings were coronated.
This is a facsimile of the Amnesty Oath signed by Robert E. Lee, swearing loyalty to the United States.
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