The President of the United States has many powers. This site provides an extensive overview on the President's role as Commander in Chief and includes a video.

Understand the Aseret ha-Dibrot of the Jewish tradition. This article draws on the differences between the Ten Commandments of Christian faiths and the 613 of the Jewish faith.

Describes the events and underhanded dealings leading up to Hitler assuming command of the army in 1938.

This flyer from the 1962 Birmingham selective buying campaign encourages African Americans to boycott discriminatory businesses; from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.

Find out about the destruction of the U.S.S Maine, and its impact on the Spanish-American War.

Read about Juan Almonte, an economist as well as commander who had to surrender to the Texans in the Battle of Jacinto.

Text of the short story "The Right Eye of the Commander" by Bret Harte. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

This is an outline of the events surrounding the issuing of the Ten Commandments from Yahweh to Moses; their content and meaning. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the...

From this San Jacinto Museum article you can read about Juan Seguin, a man who loved Texas, fought well in the Battle of San Jacinto, but was sent to Mexico because of discrimination.

Brief timeline of Nigerian history in the twentieth century, from the PBS series "Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy." Includes timeline entries related to independence, which was achieved in 1960.

Profile of Keynes excerpted from Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw's book on the evolution of the global economy, "The Commanding Heights."

A brief biography of the second Secretary of the Navy during the Jefferson administration. He later became Secretary of State from in 1809. A destroyer vessel with his name was launched in 1919 and in use until 1931.

This is a great biography of Mao Zedong (1893-1976). Looks at his early life, political activism, military leadership, unifying China, and policies implemented under his rule. A great site for learning about Chinese History in the 20th...

A great look at the maturing of George Washington as a military leader where he learned the skills to be a great political leader.

A biography of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf. He is best known for his role as Commander of Operation Desert Storm. Includes a profile, videos, and a photo gallery.

Defines Shavuot and applies it to modern day. Also lists the Ten Commandments (in English and Hebrew). Discusses customs of the holiday.

This site provides a lesson plan that investigates concepts of scarcity, economic wants, command economic systems, market economic systems, and markets and prices.

The mission that paved the way for the Apollo 11 moon landing came close to ending in disaster. Commander Tom Stafford and Lunar Module Pilot Gene Cernan had just returned from their close pass by the lunar surface and were readying to...

This timeline of East Germany from 1945 to 1990 chronicles key events from communist domination to political and economic freedom with the end of the Cold War and the dismantling of the Berlin Wall.

A dedicated Texan, Edward Burleson served his country, and later state, as a military officer and statesman. His brief biography is given on this San Jancinto Museum site.

In this brief biography of Sidney Sherman from the San Jacinto Museum you read about his exploits in the Battle of San Jacinto. He is credited with the uttering the cry, "Remember the Alamo."

This PBS site features a timeline of important political events in Brazil.

An obituary for General Douglas MacArthur, who served in the United States Army for over sixty years. [Article date: April 6, 1964]

A case that examines Russia's real-world struggles of converting from a command to market economy. Asks students to consider the pros and cons of both market systems and to formulate explanations for the large gap between the country's...