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 image is a facsimile of the signatures which appear on the Anglo-Irish Treaty.

Bookcover image of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, by Anne Savage.

This extract, from Appendix F in E.P. Evan's book The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals, reflects the trial of a pig in 1266.&nbs...

This is an excerpt from Witchcraft in Early Modern Scotland - James VI's Demonology and the North Berwick Witches - by Lawrence Normand and Gareth Rob...

Ann Maria Jackson, and her seven children, escaped slavery and made it to Canada.  William Still includes their story in his book, The Undergroun...

In this image we see Susan B. Anthony's personal copy of her trial transcript.  She was accused, tried and found guilty of unlawfully voting in t...

Image of a drawing depicting the destruction of a printing press, from the Anti-Slavery Almanac, 1839.

Antwerp is located in south-central Belgium. It is just north of Brussels, near the Dutch border.  

A facsimile of the articles of agreement detailing the terms of surrender of the Army of Northern Virgina on April 10, 1865.

The Signature page fascimile of the Surrender Agreement of Northern Virginia. Click on the image to enlarge it.

A fascimile of the first page of the surrender agreement for the Army of Northern Virgina.  Click on the image to enlarge it.

Image of the first page of Benedict Arnold's letter to General Washington.

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