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.
Stieg Larsson used Astrid Lindgren's famous fictional character - Pippi Longstocking - as a model for his fictional character, Lisbeth Salander.
This panorama of Stirling, where the Scots won a major battle over the English in 1297, gives us a view of Abbey Craig and the Wallace Monument.
Photo image of the New York Stock exchange just after the market crash on the 27th of October, 1929.
Stockholm - where Lake Malaren meets the Baltic Sea - is built on an archipelago.
In five days, the gains of five years are wiped out. But the plunge does not stop there. The freefalling market threatens the very foundation of Ameri...
In late October, 1929, share prices on the NY Stock Exchange start to plunge. No one knows why. In 5 days the gains of 5 years are wiped-out, and peop...
The close relationship between Wall Street executives, and federal government officials, allowed "the market" to be a law unto itself.
A "buy now, pay later" method of credit is introduced to the stock market as "buying on margin." How did this affect the market?
The federal government did little to help the sinking stock market in October of 1929. At the end of five days, Americans (and others invested in the ...
Like thousands of other people, Winston Churchill lost a fortune in the New York stock exchange crash of October 1929.
As a result of the stock-market crash, and the ensuing great depression, some rich people ended up in "the poor house.
One of the most-recognized monuments in the world, Stonehenge - situated on the Salisbury Plain - is about 5,000 years old.
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