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.
The Iguazu Falls, a World Heritage Site at the border of Brazil and Argentina, feature more than two hundred separate waterfalls.
After Beethoven's death, his close associates found letters addressed to his "Immortal Beloved.
This historical footage, shot by the Edison Company soon after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, depicts the widespread impact of the disast...
Government agencies predicted that tsunami waves, generated by the March 11th earthquake, could extend to California's coast (among many other places)...
The mother of one of the children who died in the fire, at Our Lady of the Angels School, remembers what happened on December 1, 1958.
President Lincoln wanted America to take a moderate approach when it was time to rebuild the country, and reconstruct the South, at the end of the Civ...
This clip - depicting the impact of Japan's tsunami on ships, cars and other vehicles - reveals the extent of nature's wreckage-producing power.
The Inca Empire, in South America, lasted about a century.
70 years later, people still feel the impact of partitioning India into two countries (India and Pakistan) based on religion.
Following the horrific death of his young friend - Alexis Helmer - during the Second Battle of Ypres, Major John McCrae (a medical doctor from Guelph,...
A video clip dedicated to the memory of Gary Gordon and Randy Shugart, two of the heroes of Black Hawk Down.
In 1998, the Catholic Church opened the archive of the Holy Office of the Inquisition for a limited review.
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