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Lest We Forget: The Triumph Over Slavery
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Selected Civil War Photographs
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Magic, Illusion, and Detection in Turn of the Century America
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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
American Transcendentalism Web 
Presents texts by and about the major figures of American Transcendentalism [...] »
In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience 
Secondary and primary sources describe 13 African American migration [...] »
The Blues, Black Vaudeville, and the Silver Screen, 1912-1930s 
How was the community support for and operation of Southern African American [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
Constitution Day Count 
How does the Constitution measure up to other important documents in U.S. [...] »
Past Rebel Lines 
Benedict Arnold wasn't the only spy in the American Revolution. Take this [...] »
Constitution Day 
Securing the blessings of liberty for ourselves and for posterity—answer [...] »
Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
Coal and the Industrial Revolution 
How can the story of coal help students understand the nature of today's [...] »
Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy 
The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not [...] »
Causes of the American Revolution 
What were the causes of the American Revolution? They were more complicated [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
Library of Congress 
The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, the nation's [...] »
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 
Modern art isn't impossible to understand. Approach it as the product of its [...] »
Social Security Administration 
Explore both the history of the SSA itself and that of the Social Security [...] »
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Protestant Immigration to Louisiana 
On the trail of French Calvinists—apocryphal stories and actual immigrant [...] »