Welcome to History Content
On Telegrams and Telephone Calls
In Ask a Historian
Our Documents
In Website Reviews
America: History and Life
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
American Shores: Maps of the Middle Atlantic Region to 1850 
Explore the mid-Atlantic region with more than 1,852 maps created before [...] »
Archives of American Art, Oral History Collections 
Interested in the life of a particular artist? Find out more about the [...] »
African-American Experience in Ohio: From the Ohio Historical Society 
Take a look through more than 30,000 items relating to African American life [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
The Great Black Hope 
These African American athletes drew crowds with their skill and [...] »
American Personalities: Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty 
Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty are popular American icons. How much do you know [...] »
United We Stand: Industry and Famous Strikes 
Stand up (or sit down) for better working conditions! Test your knowledge of [...] »
Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
Causing the Civil War 
Did King Cotton cause the Civil War? Or should you look further?
[...] »The Atomic Bomb: Hiroshima and Nagasaki 
Controversial issues are often simplified in textbooks. Discover the facts [...] »
Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy 
The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
National Endowment for the Arts 
Watch videos on jazz and opera history, courtesy of the National Endowment [...] »
National Museum of Natural History ![Photo, . . . trephining [sic]. . . , 1926, Library of Congress](/sites/default/files/styles/splash_thumb_images/public/NationalMuseumNH432x240.jpg?itok=rqsMmArM "Photo, The crude method of trephining [sic] with the sharpened edge of a stone practiced by peoples living in Peru some 500 or 600 years ago is revealed by the skulls at the National Museum, 1926, Library of Congress")
Don't let "natural history" scare you away! The museum covers anthropology [...] »
Society for History in the Federal Government 
Represents historians across executive, judicial, and congressional [...] »
Ask a Historian
Black-Robed Regiment 
Not technically a military force, the "Regiment" proved integral to the [...] »