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.
In concluding their October 2, 1963 report on the situation in Vietnam, McNamara and Taylor recognize the likelihood that Americans would not support ...
This image depicts a Central Intelligence Agency Information Report dated October 14, 1963. It has this subject: Situation Appraisal as of 12...
As part of their report on a mission to South Vietnam, McNamara and Taylor recommended to President Kennedy that a training program be established so ...
This map depicts the extent of British control on the Indian subcontinent in 1860. The time of British ascendancy was known as "The Raj." Click...
One week after her husband's death, Jackie Kennedy told reporter Theodore White that the Kennedy era was like "Camelot." It was her way of making sure...
Naval Captain Gallery issued an order to maintain secrecy regarding the recovery of the German Submarine U-505. His order clearly stated: ...
This image depicts a mutiny aboard La Amistad, led by a kidnapped African named Sengbe (also spelled Singweh and/or Cinqué) Pieh. &nb...
Case study detailing American life during the great depression. Click on the image for a better view.
Excerpt from a catalog advertising goods used in the slave trade.
This image depicts the back cover of "Catch Me if You Can." Thanks to the publisher, and Google Books, you can preview much of Frank Abagnale's ...
The growth of baseball in the years following the Civil War was given added impetus by the rise of cheap, mass-produced books. Publishers helped stand...
Bookcover image of Chancellorsville, by Stephen W. Sears. Amazon provides an overview of this acclaimed book: Sears describes the series of cont...
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