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.
Christopher Nolan (Inception, Dark Knight,) has a new film, Dunkirk. Its background begins during the middle of May, 1940, as Allied forces - includin...
When the BBC created its series "The World at War"—narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier—producers did not use all of the available historica...
Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
District 12 - where Katniss and Prim Everdeen live - has an area called the Seam.
Fyodor Dostoevsky was born in Moscow.
Written in 1866, Crime and Punishment features the city of St.
As a young man, Dostoevsky - and some of his friends - received a death sentence.
"A novel needs a hero," says the "Underground Man.
This clip, from 26 Days in the Life of Dostoevsky, recreates the scene in which Fyodor Mikhailovich first meets Anna Grigoryevna Snitkina (his future ...
In a life-long struggle, Dostoevsky thought about whether God exists.
The expedition which led to the awesome discovery of King Tut's tomb - in November, 1922 - was funded by George Herbert.
A late-nineteenth-century hero from Scotland, Dr.
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