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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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The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection

Explore the federal government's extensive collection of resources [...] »

Brief Timeline of American Literature, Music, and Movies
Photo. Motion picture scene (1916) Flickr

Explore film, music, and literature in its social context and chronology. [...] »

Promise of Gold Mountain: Tucson's Chinese Heritage

A collection of primary sources detailing early Asian-Americans in Tucson, [...] »

History Quiz

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Victory Vegetables

WWII Victory Gardens allowed citizens to raise food...and wage war!

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Pre-Modern Pop Music

Before "pop" music reigned supreme, jazz and ragtime amassed great public [...] »

Vaccinations: Rites of Passage

Have you had your shots? Which childhood diseases do these public [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
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. [...] »

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 [...] »

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

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U.S. Air Force

From pilots to shuttle central command, how does the Air Force fulfill its [...] »

National Museum of American History

See our history come to life within the expansive exhibits and educational [...] »

Federal Reserve Board

The economy's on everyone's mind. Take advantage of that fact to teach a bit [...] »

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Premonition of Death

Accounts of Abraham Lincoln's dream of a presidential assassination vary, [...] »