Social Studies Story Briefs

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 real U-571 was not the actual U-boat featured in the film, U-571. The real U-571 sank west of Ireland after it was attacked by an RAAF crew operat...

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As a massive fire ravaged their town, people fled toward the Peshtigo River.

The last days of the Romanov family begins with these words: ''At midnight, Yakov Yurovsky, the leader of the executioners, came up the stairs to awak...

This booklet, written in German by Albrecht Frst von Urach, is entitled The Secret of Japanese Power (in English).

While Theseus was sailing to Crete, as a Tribute for King Minos and the Minotaur, the monster had a dream.

As his own father had abandoned his mother and her baby, Theseus abandoned his new wife, Ariadne.

Theseus and The Minotaur is a Greek myth about the son of an Athenian king - Theseus - and a horrifying monster - "The Minotaur.

Theseus learned that his father was Aegeus, King of Athens, after he was able to move a heavy rock and discover what was beneath it.

Begin the inquiry, into Hue, with the story of uncovering bodies of loved ones. Follow the story to learn more about the battle which turned many Amer...

Los Angeles has a large homeless population. Some of the city's homeless people live in the Skid Row section of town, not far from Disney Hall.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, a 16th-century Dutch painter, captures everyday life amidst the scourge of plague.

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