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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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Website Reviews
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Readex Digital Collections 
This site offers a cornucopia of documents spanning four centuries of [...] »
American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Printed Ephemera 
This site furnishes more than 10,000 items of ephemera from the U.S. and [...] »
Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage 
Explore the history of Maryland, from Edgar Allen Poe to the War of 1812. [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
Stamping Out Free Speech? 
The Stamp Act of 1765 had colonists crying foul. Answer these questions [...] »
American Myths: Popular Music 
Each song has a story. What inspired it? When was it made? By whom?
[...] »Vaccinations: Rites of Passage 
Have you had your shots? Which childhood diseases do these public [...] »
Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
Women's Reform Movement 
The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments in 1848 reflected the voices of [...] »
Girls’ Labor and Leisure in the Progressive Era 
The historical impact young girls had on the Progressive Era is often [...] »
Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy 
The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ![Lithograph, [Patent medicine label for unnamed. . . ], 1830-1870, LoC](/sites/default/files/styles/splash_thumb_images/public/Patent432x240.jpg?itok=QLJLh39q "Lithograph, [Patent medicine label for unnamed women's hair tonic which \"restores gray hair ... cures dandruff and prevents baldness], 1830-1870, Library of Congress")
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has images of patents online [...] »
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
The government acts for fauna as well as society. When did this start? Why [...] »
Bureau of Justice Statistics 
Everyday you read about local crime in the newspaper, but are the rates [...] »
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Industrializing Women 
Did industrialization result in more women working outside the home or in [...] »