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The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: The 40th Anniversary
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Brooklyn's Eighteenth-Century Lott House
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National Security Archive: The Pentagon Papers
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Spotlight on Elementary Education
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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Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories 
Hear the recollections of ex-slaves and freedmen in their own voices.
[...] »Early Washington Maps: A Digital Collection 
Washington was once part of an area contested for between the U.S. and Great [...] »
19th Century Advertising, Harper's Weekly 
Can I interest you in a metallic artificial leg?
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Presidential Valentines 
The politics of love—answer these questions about valentines to and from U.S [...] »
Early American Artifacts 
What did people living in what is now known as North America leave behind? [...] »
The Royal We: Princesses of the Past 
Daughters of rulers and subjects of history...are these statements on women [...] »
Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
20th-century Jewish Immigration 
Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of [...] »
The Early Conservation Movement 
The "go-green" movement is rampant in modern America. However, support for [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
Anacostia Community Museum 
What is community? What does it do for us, and how does it shape who we are [...] »
Architect of the Capitol 
What do our buildings tell us about ourselves? Take a spin around this [...] »
Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum 
Design embodies both artistic ingenuity and responses to everyday problems [...] »
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Bank Notes of the Second Bank of the United States 
The impermanence of paper money was matched by the impermanence of the bank [...] »