Social Studies Story Briefs

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.

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The prototype for the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 first flew in 1947.

This image depicts a MiG-17, a Soviet-era fighter jet. It was the first Soviet-era fighter with an after-burning engine.

The MiG-21 was a Soviet-era fighter-interceptor which was heavily used by North Vietnam against American planes during the Vietnam War.

This image depicts one of Dorothea Lange's most-famous photographs. The subject is Florence Owens Thompson; the picture was taken in February or March...

Working on Deepwater Horizon, Mike Williams had to jump approximately ten stories from the rig to save his life.

Miles (Myles) Standish was a British military man who was born in Lancashire around 1584. He assisted the Pilgrims.

This photo, from the U.S. National Archives depicts a coal mine once operated near Wilder, Tennessee.

As men looked for diamonds, soon after they were first discovered in South Africa, the landscape holding the precious stones was quickly transformed.

Minoru Genda was the Japanese officer who planned the Pearl Harbor attack. He was later given America's highest honor awarded to foreigners.

Minoru Yashui was the first of three Japanese-Americans to challenge the U.S. federal government for violating the civil rights of Japanese-Americans ...

Ending on June 4, "Operation Dynamo" was a major naval rescue mission to save Allied forces from annihilation at the hands of Germany during the late ...

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