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 Allies devise a plan to break Hitler's reign in Europe by attacking from a new waterfront direction.
A Swedish judge ensures that Frank is returned to America rather than Italy; using the toilet hatch, Frank escapes from the plane.
Soldiers arriving back in the U.S. spread the Spanish flu through the entire country. Hardest hit are large-crowd events, such as Philadelphia's Liber...
Villagers and health-care workers in the vicinity of Yambuku, Zaire (now the Republic of Congo) are getting extremely sick, then dying. No one knows w...
Convicted of murdering Dr. George Parkman, Dr. John Webster is given a death sentence.
Maybrick's illness coincides with the Ripper's disappearance during October.
In Charles Frazier's book, Cold Mountain, Inman is a wounded Confederate soldier who deserts after participating in terrible battles.
Chicago's prosperous and proud business district burns to the ground.
To resolve the missile crisis, America removes obsolete missiles in Turkey but replaces them with missiles on nuclear submarines.
Berlin is caught in the conflict that erupts and the Russians erect the Berlin Wall to divide the city.
Creating rebellious ideas, religious leaders insist that fighting a tyrant is a Christian duty.
In the 19th and early 20th century, women do not have the right to vote but they lead an effort to end the alcohol problem.
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