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 busy, ancient town of Pompeii has an innovative water system and outdoor food bars.
Within hours of each other, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die on July 4, 1826, - fifty years to the day that the Declaration of Independence is sign...
Desmond sees giving up his children as temporary, but the government has other ideas.
Alexander is quick to claim the throne after the death of his father who was murdered, by one of the King's own bodyguards.
Guiteau shoots the President twice, resulting in a back wound that later becomes infected and kills Garfield.
Lincoln's election marks the beginning of many assassination threats and plots.
The Galveston Daily News reports that no one will ever be able to explain the grief and destruction.
Mabalo Lokela, a teacher living in a remote part of Zaire (today's Republic of Congo), is the "index patient" for a new disease which will be called E...
When word about Pasteur's vaccine spreads, a teenaged hero who saved the lives of six young shepherds needs the vaccine. He arrives from Arbois, Paste...
Frank runs away and decides to fake a career as an airline pilot; he is 16 years old.
A former slave named Sarah Gudger tells of the things she experienced in her 121 years of life.
Many statutes, pottery and poetry exist that show athletes in Olympic action.
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