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The Holocaust must be remembered. This site will give your students a closer look at the atrocities of this genocide.

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Website
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Screenshot, Nuclear Test Film. . . , 1945, Department of Energy, Archive.org

What alternatives were suggested to dropping nuclear weapons on Japan? What is radiation poisoning?

The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II
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What questions have past censuses posed? What were the results?

Selected Historical Decennial Census Population and Housing Counts
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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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Papers of Justice Tom C. Clark
Photograph, Melba Theater, 1955, R.C. Hickman, Center for American History.

Tom C. Clark served as Supreme Court Justice from 1949 to 1967, a time of [...] »

Turning Points in Wisconsin History
Photo, Capitol. . . , before 1898, John B. Winslow, Wisconsin Historical Society

Primary documents, background information, and lesson plans for Wisconsin [...] »

Charters of Freedom
Declaration of Independence, 1776, National Archives and Records Adminstration

Explore documents that helped to shape the history of our nation.

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History Quiz

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Europe Encounters the Western Hemisphere

Can you answer these questions about the "exploration race" that brought [...] »

From War to Revolution

Can you answer these questions on figures who took part in the French and [...] »

Manias of the Gilded Age

Fads, crotchets, crazes, rages, and cultural fevers. Test your knowledge of [...] »

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
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 [...] »

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 [...] »

The Atomic Bomb: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
photographic print, Second atomic bombing of Nagasaki, 1945 August, LOC

Controversial issues are often simplified in textbooks. Discover the facts [...] »

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National Resources

Federal teaching resources
U.S. Mint

A magician may be able to pull coins out of thin air, but most of us can't [...] »

Federal Emergency Management Agency
Silkscreen, Disaster Broadcast. . . , 1941-1943, Edward T. Grigware, LoC

When the weather's not on our side, FEMA's there to lend a hand.

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National Endowment for the Humanities

Meet the largest governmental funder of humanities programs in the U.S.

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Black Confederates

Most African Americans (free or slaves) never joined the ranks of the [...] »

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