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.
It's June 13, 1935 and Jim Braddock - a 10 to 1 underdog - stuns boxing fans everywhere when he defeats the reigning champion, Max Baer.
Meet Branch Rickey, the former president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers who believed that Major League baseball had to include non-white ...
In 1995, Mel Gibson produced, starred and directed a multi-award-winning film called "Braveheart.
This clip is from the 1962 film, The Miracle Worker, based on the play by William Gibson.
When president-elect Woodrow Wilson arrives in Washington, for his inauguration, he wonders where the crowds are.
Patrick Magee, a member of the IRA, visited the Grand Hotel in Brighton about a month before the Conservative Party held its annual conference there i...
Just before Britain joined the war, in 1939, the government began a mass evacuation of urban children to protect them from German bombs.
This moving rendition of "Brothers in Arms" - by Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits - was performed during a "Free Nelson Mandela" concert at Wembley Stad...
Dostoevsky scholars, and many other people who love the Russian writer's works, often say that Brothers Karamazov is his masterpiece.
Dmitri goes to the home of his father and, when his father comes to the window and attacks him, Dmitri runs away.
Believing he has killed his father's servant, Dmitri Karamazov is relieved to learn that Gregory (Gregori) will live but stunned to learn his father h...
Father Karamazov's servant, Gregori - recovered from his head injury - testifies what he heard and saw the night that Father Karamazov died.
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