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.
A slave owner himself, Jefferson introduces a bill to end slavery in Virginia in 1779.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer keeps his faith in the goodness of God even as the Nazis hang him.
This image depicts the site where Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed at Flossenburg. His body was cremated thereafter and his ashes were reportedly scat...
John Newton wrote the hymn "Amazing Grace" years after a dangerous sea voyage.
America captures its first U-boat, the U-505, off the coast of French West Africa.
On November 28, 1775, the Continental Congress establishes the U.S. Navy. Soon after, John Paul Jones raises a thirteen-striped flag (known as the "G...
Life in America in 1898 is very different from life today.
Truman authorizes combat troops led by General McArthur to assist South Korea.
Photographs, audio/video footage, documents, eyewitness testimony and memoirs all prove that the Holocaust occurs.
Being a 19th-century cowboy, in America, meant hard work and often a lonely life. It would take between 2-3 months for cowboys to move herds of cattle...
Centuries ago, forests cover much of North America; when colonists arrive, they chop-down trees at unbelievable rates.
On November 28, 1775, Congressestablishesthe U.S. Navy to stand against the British.
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