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Contains 10,000 pages and images on Everglades reclamation efforts and the history of south Florida.

Reclaiming the Everglades: South Florida's Natural History, 1884-1934
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Engraving, A View of the Year 1765, Paul Revere

Teaching the American Revolution and its politics? Check out 15 topical essays and a database of more than 150 primary sources.

Coming of the American Revolution, 1764-1776
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See Pittsburgh, PA, the way it appeared as early as the 1890s.

Pittsburgh City Photographer
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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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Website Reviews

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Like a Family: The Making of a Southern Cotton Mill World
Photograph, Men and women weaving..., 1909, National Museum of Natural History.

Offers oral history resources examining life in southern textile mill towns [...] »

Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Discover the life of pragmatist and education reform advocate John Dewey ( [...] »

The Oregon Encyclopedia
image from the Oregon centennial exposition fair

A comprehensive guide of everything you ever wanted to know about Oregon [...] »

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History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
In Our Own Time: Native American Timekeeping

Pre-Columbian calendars were very different from the ones we use today. Are [...] »

Airplane Meals

Think you're a post-WWII expert? Test your knowledge with this quiz on the [...] »

Fashion Maven

Do you have your mother's—and her mother's—fashion sense?

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Causes of the American Revolution
Broadside, A card, New York, 1774, LoC, rbpe 10700100

What were the causes of the American Revolution? They were more complicated [...] »

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 [...] »

Slavery
Photo, "An ex-slave," 1897, New York Public Library Digital Gallery

What was it like to be a slave in 19th-century America? Accounts contrast. [...] »

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National Resources

Federal teaching resources
National Center for Education Statistics
Marginalia, CHNM

Ever wondered about the numbers behind the latest teaching trends?

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National Atlas

Explore maps that enable you to better understand the country that you live [...] »

Social Security Administration

Explore both the history of the SSA itself and that of the Social Security [...] »

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Diversity in the 1920s

Segregation and equality in America was a case of double standards.

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