Social Studies Documents

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.

This is the first page of Hitler's Political Testament.  He dictated it to his secretary, Traudl Junge, in his bunker on (it is believed) the 29t...

This is the second page of Hitler's Political Testament which he dictated to his secretary, Traudl Junge, shortly before he committed suicide.  T...

This is the third page of Hitler's final Political Testament, dictated to his secretary (Traudl Junge) shortly before he killed himself as the Soviet ...

This is the last page of Part One of Hitler's Political Testament.  He dictated this document to his secretary, Traudl Junge, not long before he ...

Image of the of the song sheet for A Drunkard's Child, song and lyrics, fourth page. Click on the image to expand its view.  It should be large-...

Page from the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano (also known as "Gustavus Vassa, The African").  Here he tells us what it was like to see a slave s...

Image of a New York Times press article entitled: CZAR'S HEIR HAS BLEEDING DISEASE This story was originally published in London on No...

The evidence describing President Lincoln's last 24 hours is not always consistent.  What really happened that day, leading up to Lincoln's fatal...

Image of a Harper's Weekly article published on February 9, 1861 called Now ready - American slavery Justified, by Reverend Samuel Seabury, ...

Image of a copy of Thomas Jefferson's Declartion of Rights, approved by the Continental Congress and published in Colonial newspapers on October 14, 1...

This image depicts page 30 of a classical dictionary identifying Ammianus Marcellinus for modern readers.  Click on the image for a better view.

Ammianus Marcellinus wrote an important history about the late Roman Empire. From a noble Greek family, Ammianus was born in Antioch (now known as Ant...

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