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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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Remembering Herblock

View political cartoons by Herbert Block, father of the term, "McCarthyism [...] »

Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Resources for Teachers
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A vast collection of resources for teachers, including lesson plans and [...] »

Handbook of Texas Online
Corpus Christi de la Isleta mission

This website contains a vast collection of resources on Texas history and [...] »

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Give Me (Nuclear) Shelter

How much do you know about these iconic emblems of Cold War fears?

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Carriages and Wagons

Trade in your old Cabriolet for a new 1876 Landau? Test your knowledge of [...] »

Textbook Twisters: Salem Witch Trials

Burn the witch! Discover how historical coverage of the Salem Witch Trials [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

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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 Tet Offensive
Eddie Adams, Vietcong shooting prisoner cropped

American historians have depicted the Tet Offensive as the turning point for [...] »

The Early Conservation Movement
photographic print, Quentin Roosevelt Planting a Tree, c1904, Edward S. Curtis,

The "go-green" movement is rampant in modern America. However, support for [...] »

National Resources

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Supreme Court of the United States

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

Team Ships

Learn the basic steps to building and commissioning a Navy vessel.

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Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

Design embodies both artistic ingenuity and responses to everyday problems [...] »

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The Disaster of Innovation

How the cotton gin revolutionized the use of slaves and the production of [...] »