<strong>The story so far ... </strong><em>Ben pocketed a $100 bill for a $10 bill at a restaurant and is now caught between wanting to keep the money and telling his mom what happened. On the way home, Mom hits a cat crossing the road. They argue about ...

<p class="Standard">Iceland is certainly a very provocative name for a country, isn't it? And certainly, looking at a map, you might expect Iceland to be VERY icy.</p><p class="Standard">Reykjavik, Iceland's capital, is the world's most northerly ...

It’s fun to wear costumes on Halloween and go door to door collecting free candy. Sometimes when you dress up, even people you know don’t recognize you.A researcher has discovered an ant species in Brazil that is also good at tricking and treating. The mirror turtle ant tries to look like ...

<em><strong>The story so far</strong>…after pocketing a $100 bill from the restaurant that should have been a $10 bill, Ben and his mom stop at the mall to give lunch money to Ben’s brother Conner. Mom asks Ben for the $10 change from lunch. Ben is ...

<strong>James Madison</strong> of Virginia is called the “Father of the Constitution.” He was a brilliant political theorist who proposed throwing out the failed Articles of Confederation that had been used since the war. He wanted to start over with a whole new ...

The Declaration of Independence proclaimed back in 1776 that “all men are created equal” and are “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.” This means a person’s basic rights cannot be taken away by anyone.But it took a long time to change people’s minds. After the ...