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Photo, Alice Stone Blackwell, half-length portrait, seated..., 1905-17, LoC.

View photographs, cartoons, and campaign items from the women's suffrage movement.

By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920
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Still, Merrie Melodies: Falling Hare, 1943, R. Clampett, Film Chest Vintage...

Reproduces a privately held collection of American ephemeral films produced between 1927 and 1987.

Internet Moving Images Archive
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The ship's on her beam-ends and all's lost! Test your knowledge of maritime disasters.

Turning Turtle: Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea
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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
Excerpts from Slave Narratives
Photo, Harriet Tubman Sculpture, March 21, 2008, Paul Lowry, Flickr

The 46 first-person accounts on this website effectively chronicle slavery [...] »

Gilded Age Plains City
Document, Verdict of Jury, 29 May, 1891, Nebraska State Historical Society

Delve into Great Plains urban development c. 1900 by way of a compelling, [...] »

All Hands on Deck
Watercolor, c. 1815, Guerriere and Constitution, Garneray, USS Constitution Mus.

Get classroom attention by using the "swashbuckling" history of the USS [...] »

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History Quiz

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Presidential Moments: Campaigns

Think the mudslinging in modern campaigns is bad? Campaigns have always been [...] »

Charters for Colonies

To legally exist, English colonies needed charters from the monarchy. Answer [...] »

The Garden of Infants

Kindergarten came to America in the 19th century on a wave of German [...] »

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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. [...] »

Panic of 1873
Panic as a Health Officer Cleaning the Streets

Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States [...] »

Labor and Trade in Colonial America
Photo, Weavers at Colonial Williamsburg, May 29, 2010, animalvegetable, Flickr

Was colonial trade really triangular? What kinds of work did colonists do, [...] »

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National Resources

Federal teaching resources
U.S. Air Force

From pilots to shuttle central command, how does the Air Force fulfill its [...] »

U.S. Postal Service
Photo, City Carrier, 1975, United States Postal Service

Come rain or shine, the mail must go through, bringing information and [...] »

U.S. Fire Administration
Photo, Angel Island Fire, Behind Alcatraz, October 12, 2008, LeeLeFever, Flickr

Give historical fires perspective through modern statistics.

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Civilization is All Relative

Common misconceptions of the classification of civilization are debunked. [...] »

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