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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

Find quality websites & primary sources
University of Missouri-Columbia: Digital Library Collections

A hodge podge of history: England, Missouri, and the greater U.S.

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America: History and Life
Photo, Fritzi Scheff demonstrating Magnavox. . . , 1895, Flickr Commons

Peruse bibliographies and abstracts of scholarly articles, reviews, and [...] »

International Center of Photography
Ernest C. Withers, Sanitation Workers Assemble in Front of Clayborn Temple for a

The International Center of Photography (ICP) explores the history of [...] »

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History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
Alien Invasions

For each pair of animal and plant species, identify the one that is not [...] »

Socks to War

Even humble, everyday artifacts have a rich place in history.

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In Dr. King's Words

People can identify (some of) the words of Martin Luther King Jr. Can you [...] »

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Girls’ Labor and Leisure in the Progressive Era
Photographic Print, Protest against child labor in a labor parade, 1909 May 1, L

The historical impact young girls had on the Progressive Era is often [...] »

20th-century Jewish Immigration
Dry plate negative, approx. 1920-1930, Jewish colonies and settlements, LOC

Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of [...] »

Women's Reform Movement
Print, A downright gabbler, or a goose that deserves to be hissed, 1829

The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments in 1848 reflected the voices of [...] »

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National Resources

Federal teaching resources
Tennessee Valley Authority

Read the act that gave way to the Tennessee Valley Authority, a major New [...] »

Federal Emergency Management Agency
Silkscreen, Disaster Broadcast. . . , 1941-1943, Edward T. Grigware, LoC

When the weather's not on our side, FEMA's there to lend a hand.

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U.S. Geological Survey
Photo, Brown Bat, June 20, 2008, Al Hicks, U.S. Geological Survey

How has land use altered over time, and what did the explorers encounter? [...] »

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Ask a Historian

Historians Defined
Photo, Historian, February 24, 2007, Mr. Ducke, Flickr

What, precisely, makes a historian, and what do they do?

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