Social Studies Story Briefs

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.

Near the end of the 19th century, America's cowboys were becoming the subjects of stories in the national media.

With the Isthmus of Corinth preventing easy sea travel to Athens, the ancients invent a way to help boats cross the Isthmus on land. They make a road ...

This is full of facts about Ancient Hawaiian Fishing.

Kapu means rules and learn how Hawaiians lived with them!

Surfing Was A Big Part Of Hawaiian History

Andrew Jackson was America's 7th President. This portrait of him, by Thomas Sully, was created in 1824.

After Rome's legions left Briton, the local people (who had relied on Rome's defensive help for centuries) were left to fend for themselves. They wer...

Anna Ladd, at her studio in Paris, works-on a facial mask intended to help a wounded soldier return to life in the public eye.

Ansel Adams, one of America's greatest photographers, started his professional life as a pianist. What made him decide to switch profressions?

This is the official portrait of the Apollo 11 crew.

This image depicts The Apotheosis of Washington - a very large fresco on the ceiling of the U.S. Capitol Building.

By the fall of 1918, Germans had endured four years of misery and loss. Citizens and military men alike were getting tired of the war - just like the...

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