This theme issue of the "Social Studies Journal" focuses on the worldwide conflict known in the United States as the French and Indian War (1754-1763). The volume is dedicated to examining the conflict in Pennsylvania. Western Pennsylvania became a battle-scarred landscape as the British and French, with their Native American allies, struggled for control of the continent. The issue features eight articles: (1) "Armstrong's Expedition against the Lenni-Lenape at Kittanning During the French and Indian War" (Mark Mraz); (2) "How Can I Live in Bethlehem All My Life and Never Hear of the French and Indian War?" (Lisa Smitreski Draper); (3) "Bringing History to Life through Art and Drama" (Robert Millward); (4) "Songs of the French and Indian War" (Mariana Whitmer); (5) "Queen Aliquippa and the Start of the French and Indian War" (William Switala); (6) "Reading List for Students" (Kathleen Werner, Comp.); (7) "Jumonville, Fort Necessity" (Jane Clark); and (8) "Fort Ligonier" (Martin West). (BT)