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.
When the discus was part of an Ancient-Olympic event, a votive discus was sometimes created to herald stellar performances of the athletes.
A view of Walden Pond, where Henry David Thoreau lived in a small cabin between 1845-1847.
Lt. General Walter Krueger was head of the U.S. Sixth Army in late 1943.
This map depicts the general location of trenches along the Western Front during World War I.
The United Kingdom did not have enough horses (or mules) even before America entered the war, so military officers bought more animals from Canada and...
There are often good stories about horses and their riders, and Alfred Henns relationship with Nelson is no exception.
This political cartoon - "Columbia Teaching John Bull His New Lesson" - was released during the War of 1812.
Anyone tuning in late to Mercury Theatre on the Air - the night of October 30, 1938 - would have missed the episode's introduction.
Image of a photograph depicting the inner city of Warsaw burning following massive bombing in September, 1939.
This image depicts a Warsaw Pact propaganda poster.
Streets became ravines in the massively damaged Warsaw as Poles faced the mounting consequences of their resistance.
One reviewer, writing in The New York Times, has said this book is: "An invaluable record of an unforgettable American calamity."
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