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.
Margaret Mitchell wrote "Gone with the Wind" while living at Crescent Apartments in Atlanta. She called apartment 1 "The Dump."
With their Mum well-dressed and wearing pearls, the Thatcher twins - Mark and Carol - pose for pictures.
When Margaret Thatcher's colleagues wanted to help improve her image, Laurence Olivier - the famous actor - suggested that she work with a tutor at th...
On the 22nd of November, 1963, Marina Oswald (who did not speak English well) signed an affidavit.
For 3 years, Marion Post (later known as Marion Post Wolcott) was a principal photographer in the Farm Security Administration's Historical Section.
It was in this cabin - owned by James and William Gillis and located in Tuolumne County, California - where Samuel Clemens, writing as Mark Twain, cre...
Mark Twain was born in a town called Florida in the American state of Missouri.
Young women were involved with circus life, including working with large animals like elephants.
Born in 1731, Martha Dandrige came from a family of considerable wealth who lived in New Kent County, Virginia.
Experts on the life and times of Thomas Jefferson - at Monticello - tell us that no known drawings, images, portraits or any other illustrations of Ma...
Dr. King gives his powerful, transforming ''I Have a Dream'' speech at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963.
On April 3, 1968 - while in Memphis supporting sanitation workers - MLK gave a moving speech. It was his last.
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