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.
Scientists believe that earthquakes and volcanoes occur along the Earths "ring of fire.
This video - by Jim Hilgendor - takes us on a virtual trip to Robben Island.
When Robert Kennedy, about to address an Indianapolis crowd including many African-Americans, learned that Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinate...
Supporting his older brother Jack (before and after JFKs election to the U.
When his brother died, Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy gave the eulogy.
In this clip - from "Terror!
After one year of tyranny, known as the "Reign of Terror," Maximilien Robespierre himself became a victim of the madness he had helped to create.
Robespierre dies, by guillotine, on July 28, 1794. During the French Revolution, he was known by his supporters as "The Incorruptible," but it was he ...
How could Robespierre - a strong believer in equality and "the rights of man" - have created a system of justice which degenerated into a Reign of Ter...
Ancient Romans knew they could watch gladiatorial games wherever they traveled in the empire.
The best of the beast fighters were trained in special schools, just like gladiators. Their favorite weapon was the spear. The audience-...
Although he joked with his doctors, on 30 March 1981, President Reagan came dangerously close to losing his life to an assassin's bullet.
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