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.
The world's deadliest shipwreck is also one of its least-known tragedies.
Survivors of the Wilhelm Gustloff disaster recall what it was like after their ship is struck by three Soviet torpedoes.
As the Gustloff leaves Gotenhafen, the ship carries 1,000 U-boat cadets.
On the 20th of January, 1993, William Jefferson Clinton (formerly the governor of Arkansas) became America's 42nd president.
This clip - from a Ric Burns documentary about New York City - provides information about Tammany Hall and its nineteenth-century leader, Boss Tweed.
Although he was executed, Tyndale's legacy remains. Approximately 85% of the King James Version of the Bible follows Tyndale's translation.
In an effort to get the American public used to African-American pilots flying U.
Children in Bolivia - with, or without, their parents - walk an hour to work in some of the country's tin mines.
As a young man, Karol Wojtyla had no desire to become a priest.
The young life of this past pope took place in Nazi occupied Poland.
Karol had to get a job acceptable to the Nazi authorities running Poland.
The Germans tolerated no descent from the Polish clergy.
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