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.

Jai Ho is a song that celebrates the ability of humans to transform their lives, and rise above the worst of circumstances

Jai Ho is a song that is meant to inspire people beginning to lose hope to keep going because victory is near.

In East Berlin, James Donovan meets Wolfgang Vogel, an East-Berlin lawyer, as they begin negotiations to swap a Soviet spy (Rudolf Abel) for an Americ...

Read a poem about the life of Jarrett Lane, a 22 year-old senior in Civil Engineering.

Thomas Jefferson is the author of many famous quotes.

Some don't want Jefferson to expand because the cost is too high, but he makes a good deal and gets the chance to explore the new land.

Jefferson withholds the commissions, and William Marbury seeks legal action to retain his judgeship.

Jenny on the Job is the female counterpart to Joe Dope; she is a model production worker.

U.S. Navy psychiatrist Lieutenant Commander Williams is the inspiration for Denzel Washington's character "Jerome Davenport.'

This image depicts “Supper at Emmaus,” one of Caravaggio’s best-known works which he created in 1601.  An oil-on-canvas, which ...

Herod questions Jesus, demanding a miracle, but sends him back without a sentence.

The Koran refers to some Judaic and Christian beliefs, but shows Muhammad, not Jesus, as the final savior sent by God.

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