Social Studies Chapters

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 residents of Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, produce products used throughout the world.

Before John Wilkes Booth plans an assassination, he plans a kidnapping of President Lincoln.

Dickie's winning career loses to crack cocaine.

After his parole from prison, Leopold spends the remainder of his life teaching and helping others in Puerto Rico.

Loeb's cellmate kills him and is later acquitted at trial.

Allied troops land on the beaches of Normandy amid heavy damages, hoping to free the capital of France.

In 1933, Dillinger meets and starts a relationship with 25-year-old Billie Frechette.

Curious to see "Public Enemy Number One," people go to view Dillinger's body while at the morgue.

Anna Sage, a Romanian immigrant, offers information on Dillinger to the FBI in exchange for their help in preventing her deportation.

Depression-era Americans are against banks, so many regard Dillinger as a hero until he starts killing people.

In 1802, a 12-year-old school boy named Pliny Moody is the first person to discover fossilized dinosaur tracks.

MacArthur and Manuel Quezon, president of the Philippines, warn Roosevelt the end is near and ask for withdrawal of US troops.

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