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.
When Germany's rigid airships were able to travel long distances, they required special recovery procedures to help them land. This video footage depi...
The Hindu Kush, made famous by Alexander the Great during his conquering-travels east, is the main mountain range of Afghanistan.
On the 70th anniversary of VJ Day, people still wonder whether Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, was responsible for Japan's role in WWII. To his people, Hi...
For most of World War II, Germany provided its citizens with newsreel updates on the wars progress. This one depicts the invasion, and fall, of Belgiu...
James O'Donnell's book The Bunker is about the last days of the Third Reichbased on extensive eyewitness interviews and documents.
Although he was a committed Communist by the 1920s, Ho Chi Minh admired many American ideals. One of those ideals was the way the U.S. broke free from...
A painting, by Sir Luke Fildes, depicts desperate conditions of poor, homeless people during Victorian times. Dickens used Fildes as an illustrator fo...
This photo is frequently mistaken as a picture of Homer Plessy. It is actually Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (10 May 1837 - 21 December 1921...
The day after he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, in December of 1986, Elie Wiesel gave a Nobel lecture entitled "Hope, Despair and Memory."
General Washington wanted to capture the turn-coat Benedict Arnold. To help him achieve that goal, he needed John Champe (a trusted Patriot) to fake h...
Learn how the Hawaiians honored the gods!
Brainy facts, about the human brain, and how its various parts work together. How many daily calories does it take, for example, for our brains to wor...
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