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.
A map of the Ohio River together with it's environs.
This book, which contains many Japanese primary-source materials, was edited by the co-authors of At Dawn We Slept (with the late Gordon Prange). ...
Britain imposed "Penal Laws" on Irish Catholics in 1704. This image highlights some of the more onerous laws which adversely impacted Irish-Cath...
The author of Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World calls the stand of Leonidas and his men, at Thermopylae, "a suicidally defining stan...
This book - Thermopylae: The Battle that Changed the World - provides in-depth background of the three-day battle. It was written by Paul ...
The Slave's Friend, a monthly publication for children between 1836-1838, was intended to help children grow-up opposed to slavery. Click on the imag...
The Stamp Act was a tax, imposed by the British Parliament, on American colonists. It caused massive resentment when it took effect on the 1st of Nove...
Because police and politicians in Chicago were not able to stop all the gang-related crime which was happening in their city, a group of people though...
A group of six people first approached the federal government to try and do what the local police and authorities were unwilling to do in Chicago:&nbs...
This image depicts the language of what became known as "The Volstead Act." It gave the federal government the right to enforcement Prohibition ...
Image of a song sheet called The Wife's Lament, a New Temperance Song, by Archibald Scott. This song was sung to the tune of a familiar Air: De...
The governments list of witnesses, including Beverly W. Jones. Click on the image for a clearer view.
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