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 is a facsimile of the telegram which General Hooker had his assistant send to President Lincoln, after the Union's defeat at Chancellorsville: ...
This is a facsimile of Tennessee's ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. With this victory, the Amendment had enough sup...
When the Tennessee legislature considered the 19th Amendment, in August of 1920, the vote was even more important than it seemed. How Tennessee ...
TESTIMONY OF FIRST LT. JOSEPH LOCKARD, SIGNAL CORPS, UNITED STATES ARMY (The witness was sworn by the Recorder and advised of his rights under Artic...
STATEMENT OF SERGEANT GEORGE E. ELLIOTT, HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, STATION COMPLEMENT; CAMP LEE, VA. (The witness was sworn by the Recorder and advised ...
James Madison - as "Publius" - wrote "The Federalist No. 10." In this famous essay, Madison addresses the concerns of "majority" versus "minorit...
Bookcover image of Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine: The 20th Maine and the Gettysburg Campaign, by Thomas A. Desjardin.
John Newton commanded a ship - The African - in the summer of 1752. It was a slave ship, with 250 slaves aboard. This image, from the Cowper &a...
Dr. Glob spent a career as Director General of Museums and Antiquities in Denmark. As part of his work, he frequently examined really well-prese...
Image of the published poem The Branded Hand by John Greenleaf Whittier. Click on the image for a better view.
This book features the paintings of Mort Kunstler with text by Professor James I. Robertson, Jr. Both men are American Civil-War specialists.
Prior to his election as President of the United States, Herbert Hoover was the U.S. Food Administrator. This image depicts Hoover's food conser...
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