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.
New York State held a referendum on women's suffrage in 1915. People on both sides of the issue held rallies, published ads and generally argued...
Women of different races lived inside the plantation households of America's southern states. How did they view each other? How did their ...
The Wright Brothers' father made a note of the telegram which he received on the 15th of December, 1903. It was about the first powered flight i...
Trying Philip Johnston's idea - to use the Navajo language as the basis of a WWII code - military officials were stunned at the results of a trial. T...
After successfully proving that their language could be used as a WWII military code, Navajo men began to join the U.S. Marine Corps. This docum...
This is a page from the Affidavit of Sengbe (also referenced as Singweh and/or Cinqué), leader of the Amistad rebels. The original docume...
Image of the record documenting the appointment and oath of office of Wyatt Earp, on July 27, 1880, as Deputy Sheriff of Pima County. Among oth...
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