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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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Library of Southern Literature
Mark Twain, 1835-1910 Life on the Mississippi LA SALLE CANOEING

Full texts of more than 130 works of literature by more than 75 Southern [...] »

A Visual Journey: Photographs by Lisa Law, 1965-1971
Photo. The "Road Hog" bus, El Rito, New Mexico. 1968. Lisa Law

Check out the music scene, communes, and protests of the 1960s.

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Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
Photograph, Katie Darling, Age about 88, 1936-38, Library of Congress.

Read the accounts of former slaves in oral history interviews collected by [...] »

History Quiz

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Fly Away Jim Crow

Equality requires more than a Proclamation. Try to answer these questions on [...] »

Presidential Valentines

The politics of love—answer these questions about valentines to and from U.S [...] »

Turkey Tracking

Thanksgiving—how much do you know about the history of this popular holiday [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Rise of the Automobile
Photo, Model A Ford in front of antique gas pumps, August 4, 2007, Flickr

Americans today take cars for granted. How did they change American life? [...] »

Labor and Trade in Colonial America
Photo, Weavers at Colonial Williamsburg, May 29, 2010, animalvegetable, Flickr

Was colonial trade really triangular? What kinds of work did colonists do, [...] »

Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy
Print, For the Sunny South. An Airship. . . , 1913, Library of Congress

The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
Indian Health Service
Photo, "Baby being weighed by nurse," IHS, 1887-1969, Dept. of Health

Disease ravaged colonial-era Native American populations. What health [...] »

Peace Corps

Explore world and U.S. history simultaneously through universal development [...] »

U.S. Mint

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

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Historians Defined
Photo, Historian, February 24, 2007, Mr. Ducke, Flickr

What, precisely, makes a historian, and what do they do?

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