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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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Center for Archaeological Studies 
Showcases archaeological excavations at Mobile and elsewhere in Alabama [...] »
Lawrence Denny Lindsley Photographs 
What did the Seattle area, mining, hunting, and portraiture look like c. [...] »
Lakota Winter Counts 
Displays, explains, and interprets the Lakota pictorial histories known as [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
The California Gold Rush 
"Seeing the elephant" in California.
[...] »Selling the Dream 
"Don’t Sell the Steak—Sell the Sizzle!"
[...] »Manias of the Gilded Age 
Fads, crotchets, crazes, rages, and cultural fevers. Test your knowledge of [...] »
Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
The Early Conservation Movement 
The "go-green" movement is rampant in modern America. However, support for [...] »
Causing the Civil War 
Did King Cotton cause the Civil War? Or should you look further?
[...] »Labor and Trade in Colonial America 
Was colonial trade really triangular? What kinds of work did colonists do, [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
National Institutes of Health 
Repository for the history of the federal agency, medical profession, and [...] »
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 [...] »
U.S. Census Bureau 
The U.S. Census counts everyone! It creates a current image of the nation [...] »
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Protestant Immigration to Louisiana 
On the trail of French Calvinists—apocryphal stories and actual immigrant [...] »