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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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Website Reviews
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 
Compare Republican and Democrat accounts of the great debates.
[...] »Hitting the Sawdust Trail With Billy Sunday 
The life of famous evangelist Billy Sunday is chronicled on this website. [...] »
Women in America: 1820 to 1842 ![Print, [Women and a man in a room, United States, 1841], New York Public Library](/sites/default/files/styles/splash_thumb_images/public/womeninamerica432x240.jpg?itok=-D0GEmyG "Print, [Women and a man in a room, United States, 1841.], New York Public Library Digital Gallery")
Peruse this website to explore comments made by Tocqueville, Beaumont, and [...] »
History Quiz
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Naming Colonial History 
Everyone knows what "American Revolution" means. But can you identify these [...] »
Native American Heritage Month: Questioning Photos 
Photographs capture how someone appeared at one moment in time. But who [...] »
The Blue and the Grey (and Red and Green and Yellow) 
What do you think Civil War uniforms looked like? They varied more than you [...] »
Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
The Modern Civil Rights Movement: A River of Purposeful Anger 
Textbooks are silent about defining race and racism, even though the modern [...] »
Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy 
The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not [...] »
Coal and the Industrial Revolution 
How can the story of coal help students understand the nature of today's [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
Los Alamos National Laboratory 
Follow the development of Weapons of Mass Destruction through the protection [...] »
Society for History in the Federal Government 
Represents historians across executive, judicial, and congressional [...] »
National Institute for Literacy 
Do you have struggling readers in your class? Try incorporating literacy [...] »
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Religious Orders of Women in New France 
Lives dedicated to teaching and nursing.
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