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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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Thomas A. Edison Papers 
A vast database of Thomas Edison's papers, including correspondence, [...] »
Nixtontapes.org 
Teaching Watergate? Introduce students to the Nixon tapes with more than 2, [...] »
Photographs from the Chicago Daily News: 1902-1933 
Presents more than 55,000 Chicago Daily News photographs taken in [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
Naming Colonial History 
Everyone knows what "American Revolution" means. But can you identify these [...] »
Paradise in a Breakfast Bowl 
A morning meditation on flakes: Do your morals and values help you decide [...] »
Yo, Ho, Ho and a . . . Bushel of Oysters? 
Shellfish pirates stole from the rich to feed themselves—and make a little [...] »
Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
The Atomic Bomb: Hiroshima and Nagasaki 
Controversial issues are often simplified in textbooks. Discover the facts [...] »
20th-century Jewish Immigration 
Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of [...] »
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. Coast Guard 
Who protects U.S. interests in international and domestic waters?
[...] »Social Security Administration 
Explore both the history of the SSA itself and that of the Social Security [...] »
Library of Congress 
The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, the nation's [...] »
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Supreme Court Nominations 
How many "yeas" and "nays" on the path to being a Supreme Court justice?
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