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Photograph, Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library & Museum.

Photographs, audio clips, documents, and more preserve the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Digital Archives
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Image, Now What a Time: Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley.., 1938-43, 2001, LoC

Listen to African American Blues from the Fort Valley Music Festivals of 1938-1943.

Now What a Time : Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943
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Irving Fine, Leonard Bernstein, others. 1946. LOC

Experience the life and works of lesser known American classical composer Irving Fine.

The Irving Fine Collection, Ca. 1914-1962
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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
Legal Information Institute: Supreme Court Collection
Image, Supreme Court Building at night, Supreme Court of the United States.

Decisions made by the U.S. Supreme Court change history—explore historical [...] »

Brown v. Board of Education
Photo, G. Roberts, sitting in integrated... Sept 4, 1957, J. Dumbell, Charlotte

Examine segregation and desegregation through summaries and the court's [...] »

Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century
Graphic. Infant Mortality Rates from 1990

Compare global statistics on topics from infant mortality to literacy.

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History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
Monuments to a Dream: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorials

Answer these questions about memorials to the life and ideals of MLK.

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Black Days in the Market

The Stock Market Crash of 1929 opened the curtain on the Great Depression. [...] »

Practicing Medicine on the Presidents

When the presidents' maladies threatened to affect their performance.

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
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. [...] »

Causes of the American Revolution
Broadside, A card, New York, 1774, LoC, rbpe 10700100

What were the causes of the American Revolution? They were more complicated [...] »

The Tet Offensive
Eddie Adams, Vietcong shooting prisoner cropped

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

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National Resources

Federal teaching resources
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Photo, Kids watching rockets at the Summer Adventure, LANL site

Follow the development of Weapons of Mass Destruction through the protection [...] »

U.S. Navy

Who defends our seas, and how do they do it? Explore primary sources and [...] »

Supreme Court of the United States

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

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Old Political Cartoons
Tariff juggling at Washington, E. W. Kemble, Harpers Weekly, July 10, 1909

Poking fun and puncturing pomposity—how can you interpret political cartoons [...] »

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