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.

Three people die at the Little Bohemia resort when the FBI fails to capture Dillinger and his gang.

Protected only by a pair of latex gloves, three lab workers in Antwerp open a thermos, carried aboard a commercial flight, and begin to examine blood ...

A tomb in the ancient town of Aegae (Aigai), known today as Vergina, holds treasures from Alexander's father, Philip II. The site may actually be the ...

Mary and her future husband Bothwell are suspects in Darnley's death, which Elizabeth uses against them.

It is typical, in France, to remove the heart of a royal after death; DNA evidence proves Dr. Pelletan took Louis XVII's heart.

At the age of nine, C.S. Lewis (Jack) lost his mother to cancer and he does not understand why God allows this to happen.

Political cartoons make fun of public policies and politics.

Lieutenant Commander Anton Otto Fischer, U.S.C.G.R. (U.S. Coast Guard Reserve), created this painting in February of 1943.  It depicts a burning ...

African-American Dorie Miller works in the West Virgina's galley, but when the bombs fall, he assists the ship's captain, fires a machine gun and earn...

After prison, Dostoevsky has failed love relationships and becomes addicted to gambling.

Dostoevsky's writing reflects his belief that suffering is a part of life.

From young to old work was the way to success, according to Soviet Dictators.

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