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History has been shaped and influenced by the out come of ancient trials—such as the Trial of Socrates in 399B.C.—to Rosenberg Trial in the 1950s. This site offers a comprehensive look at 50 prominent court trials throughout history and its resources can be used to give young learners an introduction to the history of the modern judicial system.

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Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls
Illustration, The Foreign Legion, June 1918, Boy's Own Paper.

Cover art and full texts from dime novels preserve the popular culture of an [...] »

Physical Sciences Collection: Surveying and Geodesy

What tools do men use to turn wilderness into private property?

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Eagle Eye Citizen

Build students' historical thinking skills and civic understand using [...] »

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Back to the Future . . .

In the year 1900, what did Americans think the next century would bring?

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Discovering Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus—a legend without a face? Answer these questions about [...] »

In Our Own Time: Native American Timekeeping

Pre-Columbian calendars were very different from the ones we use today. Are [...] »

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Coal and the Industrial Revolution
Photo, At the close of the day, January 1911, Lewis Hine, Library of Congress

How can the story of coal help students understand the nature of today's [...] »

Denmark Vesey
An official report of the trials of sundry Negroes, 1822

Tried and executed in 1822, along with many other slaves, for a plotted [...] »

20th-century Jewish Immigration
Dry plate negative, approx. 1920-1930, Jewish colonies and settlements, LOC

Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of [...] »

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U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency

How did recreational drug use grow into a U.S. drug culture? How did it [...] »

Tennessee Valley Authority

Read the act that gave way to the Tennessee Valley Authority, a major New [...] »

Federal Aviation Administration

The FAA regulates air safety and influences the development of civil [...] »

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Founding Documents
1776 newspaper publishes the Declaration of Independence

History lessons on the founding documents invariably include the Declaration [...] »