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.
This painting - which Vincent van Gogh created during June of 1890 - is referenced in Hunters of Dune, by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.
The Alps stretch across southern Europe, from France (in the west) to northern Slovenia and Austria (in the east).
Who were the men who sent America to war in Vietnam?
During the 14th century, when the plague struck Europe, even doctors were unsure what was happening.
When the Bolsheviks came to power, during the Russian Revolution, they were led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.
Imagining what it would be like to have alter-ego boys, both aged 9, living on opposite sides of the Auschwitz fence, John Boyne creates a sobering st...
When Columbus arrived in the Bahamas, in 1492, he began an exchange of crops, animals and diseases which still impact the world. It is known as "The C...
On the 21st of August, 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in Virginia.
Sir John Hurt, who died on 25 January 2017, portrayed ''The Elephant Man.'' When thinking about character education, we'd do well to examine the life ...
The Etruscan League, historians believe, flourished in Central Italy for a time before Rome became the dominant force on the Italian Peninsula. Today ...
In 1968, the idea of Glasnost (openness and transparency within government institutions) and Perestroika (restructuring of Soviet economic and politic...
At nearly midnight, on the 4th of November 1605, Guy Fawkes was hours away from blowing up the Houses of Parliament.
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