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| Myanmar's Struggle: Burma IThe lush and beautiful nation of Myanmar, more commonly known as Burma, is in the late twentieth century being forced to confront its lack of human rights and democracy by a diminutive housewife, a mother of two, Aung San Suu Kyi.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Race for the Pole IIIBy October 1911, early spring in Antarctica, two expeditions, separated by 400 miles of ice, were ready to begin their assault on the South Pole. One would make it. One would not.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Race for the Pole IFor more than four centuries prior to 1900, curiosity, necessity, ambition, and economic aspiration had driven the age of discovery. Few places on the globe eluded the explorers. The last great prize was the frozen, barren, and arid continent of Antarctica.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Race for the Pole IIBy the turn of the twentieth century, most of the globe had been explored. One great prize remained -- the South Pole. In the end the race came down to an intense competition between two determined men.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Conflict Over Kashmir IIFor generations the world has watched with deep concern as the territory of Kashmir has been disputed, a prize between two contending and nuclear armed nations, India and Pakistan.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Conflict Over Kashmir IJust to the north of India and Pakistan and claimed by both is Kashmir. It has been and continues to be a source of ethnic and religious conflict resulting in three wars during the twentieth century.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| The Voyage of Magellan IIICommissioned by King Charles I of Spain to find a shortcut through the Americas to the islands of Southeast Asia, Ferdinand Magellan, in command of five ships, left the Spanish port of Seville in August 1519. Thus began one of history's greatest voyages of exploration.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Settlement of Australia IWith the loss of its North American colonies, Great Britain had to find another place to send its convicts. It chose the uninhabited eastern region of New South Wales, destination: Botany Bay.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Gerardus Mercator IDespite the discoveries of explorers such as Christopher Columbus, a true understanding of the shape of the natural world did not immediately emerge. Resistance came from a variety of forces.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| 1968: Biafran Terror Famine llBy the middle of 1968, the Nigerian civil war had created a true international humanitarian crisis. The oil-rich eastern region of Biafra was surrounded by government troops, cut off and starving.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
