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.
Resignation of Robert E. Lee in which he left the United States Army in favor of supporting his state of Virginia in the American Civil War.
When Jackie Robinson was called-up from the Montreal Royals (the Dodgers' farm club) to the Brooklyn Dodgers (a Major-League team), the news quickly t...
This article was the first in a series of articles written in July, 1947 about the "flying disc" recovered near Roswell. It reports that Major J...
These rules were adopted on the 13th of May, 1858, for Town Ball (a successor to the British game of "rounders") by the Massachusetts Association of B...
This cover image depicts a book written by Dietrich Bonhoeffer's twin-sister, Sabine. It shows Sabine with her twin-brother Dietrich. The Engli...
Map depicting the location of Saint-Remy-de-Provence, where Vincent spent nearly a year in an asylum.
Sam Houston, former President of the Republic of Texas, wanted to travel outside his country. To do so, he obtained this passport in 1839. It p...
Full text of Samuel Gompers' recorded speech. Labor's Service to FreedomFellow countrymen, our republic, our people, are at war. Whatever individua...
Wade Netherland believed he "owned" a slave named Samuel Howell. This image depicts an advertisement which Netherland ran in the The Virginia Ga...
This is an excerpt from the oral history of Sarah Graves, also known as "Aunt Sally." Note that to maintain authenticity, writers transcribed the ora...
This text image depicts another excerpt from the oral history of Sarah Graves (also known as "Aunt Sally"). Interviewed in the 1930s, as part o...
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