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 video clip, based on historical information (and, one hopes, at least a few tongue-in-cheek recreations), demonstrates the U.
Ukrainian farmers and their families die, by the millions, as a result of Stalin's policies enforced against them. They are left with no grain to sell...
To help rebuild the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin and his government sent millions of people to forced labor camps.
After Stalin (born Iosef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili) died in 1953, Khrushchev said the countrys former leader had committed grave injustices against ...
To this day, people in Ukraine (and elsewhere) remember the great famine of 1932-33.
Remains of this plant-eating, Jurassic-era dinosaur have been found throughout the world.
Stephen Bantu Biko (1946-1977) was a South African anti-apartheid activist who died, under suspicious circumstances, while in police custody.
On the 23rd of October, 1929, share prices on the New York Stock Exchange start to plunge. No one knows why. In 5 days the gains of 5 years are wiped-...
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.
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?
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