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.
As more and more whales were depleted in the North Atlantic, whaling men traveled to the Pacific. Near the equator, they had found many sperm whales i...
Several investigations reveal why Deepwater Horizon exploded, leading to the loss of 11 crew members.
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark exceeded all expectations during their Corps of Discovery exploration.
Money in the bank doesn't always mean the same thing to people. Stone money is stored outside, not in a locked bank vault, on the Micronesian island o...
When and where did Easter eggs originate? When did people first write about them?
How much power should America's branches of government have?
When Lt. Col Tuan refused to teach saboteurs how to drive tanks, during the Vietnam War, those saboteurs murdered Tuan, then machine-gunned his wife, ...
The war for independence was finally over, but a cash-strapped Congress had, for years, failed to pay the Continental Armys officers and soldiers. How...
Esther Morris was an early pioneer and feminist.
This image illustrated an article, published in 1863, addressing the deplorable conditions in the Bethnal Green section of London, England.
As shown in this map, the western shore of the Dead Sea is located in Israel while the eastern shore is in Jordan.
William Barret Travis was a lawyer born in Conecuh County (Alabama) on the 9th of August, 1809. He became famous at the Alamo.
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