Analyzes the role of the family in society, and examines different types of families, including single-parent families, unmarried couples living together, and the traditional nuclear family.
A brief history of the Texas War of Independence and the Mexican War, describing the efforts of Mexicans to preserve their nation from the power of the United States.
Profiles the life and work of Lewis Hine, best known for his series of photographs showing Americans at work from the early twentieth century through the Great Depression, including young children who worked long hours in order to help their struggling families.
Examines the Virginia Tech University shootings in April 2007, describing the lives of both the killer and the victims, as well as the sociological problems surrounding school shootings.
Examines seven famous robberies from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: the art heist of "Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire"; the Northfield Bank robbery; the Reichsbank robbery; the Brink's job; the Great Train Robbery; the 1981 First National Bank of Arizona robbery; and the 1990 Gardner Museum art heist.
Describes the 1839 revolt led by Joseph Cinque aboard the illegal slave ship "Amistad" and the subsequent controversial trial in the U.S. that decided whether illegally captured slaves were free.
Chronicles the lives and expeditions of Henry Stanley and David Livingstone as they unlocked many geographic secrets of Africa and traces the history of European colonialism on the African continent.
Discusses what gangs are, how they have developed in the United States, their involvement in various criminal acts, and how the criminal justice system has dealt with the problem.
