Welcome to History Content
"Mapping" Primary and Secondary Sources
In Ask a Historian
The Vietnam Project
In Website Reviews
Tennessee Documentary History Collection, 1796-1850
In Website Reviews
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.
FIND OUT MORE »
FIND OUT MORE »
Website Reviews
Find quality websites & primary sources
Virtual Jamestown 
Experience firsthand accounts of Jamestown and colonial history, dating from [...] »
Kellogg African American Health Care Project: The Oral Histories 
What was health care like during segregation?
[...] »Politics of a Massacre: Discovering Wilmington 1898 
This site contains sources covering and reacting to the deplorable 1898 [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
Celebrate More Than St. Patrick 
The Irish contributed more to the U.S. than shamrocks and folktales.
[...] »A Symbol of Friendship 
The cherry trees in Washington, DC were a gift from Japan. What does their [...] »
As American as Mom… 
You know Mother's Day is all about mom, but do you know the history of the [...] »
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 [...] »
Labor and Trade in Colonial America 
Was colonial trade really triangular? What kinds of work did colonists do, [...] »
Coal and the Industrial Revolution 
How can the story of coal help students understand the nature of today's [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
U.S. Marine Corps 
Why are the Marines known as "America's 911 Force"? Explore this division of [...] »
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
The government acts for fauna as well as society. When did this start? Why [...] »
U.S. Department of Education 
Use the resources offered by the Department of Education to help you become [...] »
Ask a Historian
What Happened to the Fenians After 1866? 
Ireland's revolutionary struggle against Britain played out in North America [...] »