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.
WARNING: THIS CLIP EXPLAINS HOW HITLER AND HIS REGIME DEVELOPED "THE FINAL SOLUTION" AGAINST JEWISH PEOPLE. Proceed with caution.
Auschwitz I and II (the latter known as Birkenau) were located near the Polish town of Oswiecim.
On the 1st of December, 1958, Chicago was the scene of another catastrophic fire.
The First Amendment guarantees all Americans the right to freely express themselves.
Qin Shi Hunagdi ruled by fear.
How was Ying Zheng, China's first emperor, able to unify seven warring states which highly valued independence?
Qin Shi Huangdi died when he was fifty years old, leaving a mixed legacy.
A prince, who was born Ying Zheng, became the First Emperor of China, who renamed himself Qin Shi Hunagdi. Who was he? How did he rule his ne...
On 18 March 1965, Aleksei Leonov was the first person to walk in space.
Kolyma, where the land is covered by permafrost for nine months and summers are insufferably hot, was once the scene of a notorious forced labor camp.
Vorkuta, in Russia's northern climes, was once home to a Soviet-era forced labor camp.
To see fossilized dinosaur bones, in situ, and to learn how those fossils can provide clues about continental drift, check out this video clip from NA...
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