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.
Richard I, King of England, decides to participate in the Third Crusade. His eventful journey takes him to Jerusalem.
On June 23, 1972, an audio recorder taped a damaging talk - called "The Smoking Gun" - between Nixon and Haldeman. The tape doomed Nixon’s presidenc...
Historians view Armand-Jean du Plessis, also known as Cardinal Richelieu, through differing eyes. To some he is a hero; to others he is a villain.
Rick Rescorla, an employee for Morgan Stanley, worked in the World Trade Center and worried about a future terrorist attack. He planned ahead, in case...
Five brothers, whose last name was Ringling, formed an American circus during the late nineteenth century.
English settlers, on Roanoke Island, near the Outer Banks of today's North Carolina, disappear without a trace. Where did they go?
Robben Island lies off the coast of Cape Town and, according to the Robben Island Museum, has been an off-and-on prison site for hundreds of years:Peo...
This image depicts the cramped cell in which Nelson Mandela lived on Robben Island.
Meet Robert Louis Stevenson, a writer who lived just 44 years. Although he died in 1894, some of his novels have never been out of print.
Robespierre dies, by guillotine, on July 28, 1794. During the French Revolution, he was known by his supporters as "The Incorruptible," but it was he ...
Who was Robin Hood? Was he a real person or merely a legend? If a real person, when did he live? If he lived, was he an outlaw? Could his name hav...
This image depicts members of the Uralsoveta (Ural Soviet) who were in power when the Romanov family was murdered.
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