Disasters Chapters

Whether natural or man-made, disasters simultaneously cause massive destruction and unity of people trying to help those in need. Discover some of the world's worst disasters in this collection.

Mogadishu is a combat zone between rebels when US troops arrive. The task is to capture Omar Salad and Mohamed Hassan Awale, aides to Mohamed Farrah A...

The Spanish Flu impacts the US from the East Coast to Alaska; no one can find a cure. In a lesser-known event, President Woodrow Wilson recovers from ...

View images of the Diamond Sutra Cave treasures, Martin Luther's works, and beautiful books and manuscripts.

China has beautiful mountains once covered by trees, but many forest areas are being destroyed.

Scientists believe that the earth's surface is broken into areas called tectonic plates, which can move to cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

There are questions regarding whether or not the Lusitania was carrying arms from the U.S. to Great Britain.

The Titanic sank only 300 miles away from the last-known location of the Andrea Gail.

8-3.2 The role of SC in the Constitutional Convention including the Three-Fifths Compromise and Commerce Compromise

How does the public learn about the Titanic tragedy? How careful are the news reporters?

Read a poem about the life of Nicole Regina White, a 20 year-old junior in International Studies.

It is a complex process to drill oil from the Gulf of Mexico; equipment must be able to descend at least 18,000 feet.

By 1904, when this photo was taken aboard a bark called Sunbeam, not much had changed in the method by which whalers removed spermaceti (high-quality ...

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