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How do you go back and find "the first draft of history"?

Digitized Newspaper Archives

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How do textbooks from different countries treat the War of 1812?

Who Won the War (of 1812)?

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In the year 1900, what did Americans think the next century would bring?

Back to the Future . . .

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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

Find quality websites & primary sources

Voices of the Colorado Plateau

There's more to the West than cowboys.

Austin Treasures: Online Exhibits from the Austin History Center

Discover the depth of Austin, Texas's urban history through 10 online [...] »

Ghost Town Gallery

Turn off the lights, and explore the ghost towns of the West.

History Quiz

Test your history knowledge

Theatre of the People

Through performing art, U.S. minorities assert their identities. Answer [...] »

Westward Expansion: Image vs. Reality

East or West? See if you can determine which region produced these images on [...] »

Victory Vegetables

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

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives

Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy

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

The Atomic Bomb: Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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

The Modern Civil Rights Movement: A River of Purposeful Anger

Textbooks are silent about defining race and racism, even though the modern [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources

National Museum of Natural History

Don't let "natural history" scare you away! The museum covers anthropology [...] »

Supreme Court of the United States

From John Jay to Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court is the final word in law [...] »

National Agricultural Statistics Service

Why did George Washington start gathering national data on agriculture?

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Begging Leave to Inform the Publick

Ads that were revolutionary ... or not. What products could be sold during [...] »

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