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.
Constant snowcover on K2 masks openings to ice caves and crevasses.
Although Titanic receives ice warnings via wireless messages from nearby ships, it is likely her captain does not know about them.
President McKinley lies dying, due to many medical mistakes and lack of knowledge about near-by new technology.
Iguazu Falls is a huge, cascading waterfall at the border of Argentina and Brazil.
Threatening the Earps with a rifle, Ike Clanton breaks Tombstone's law against having guns in town.
Artwork created by inmates and Soviet propaganda posters show details about prison life.
Illuminated manuscripts record deeds of kings and daily life of their subjects.
Illustrations help make learning law, and verifying legal statues, less tedious.
William Makepeace Thackeray illustrates his own book; see a sampling of those pictures.
Dore, an artist from France, creates seventy-five images of Dante's Purgatory.
After the American Colonies declare their independence from Britain, the colonies begin printing their own money.
Through intense pain and happiness, his faith is tested but ultimately prevails.
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