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View commercial photography from the last half of the 19th century.

H.H. Bennett: Photographer Extraordinaire
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Glass lantern slide, Girl in butterfly or flower costume, 1902, Flickr Commons

What can oral histories tell us about girlhood, adolescence, and more in the United States?

Coming of Age in the Twentieth Century, Stories from Minnesota and Beyond
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What did the U.S. government think of its own attempt to overthrow Castro?

Bay of Pigs Reports
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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
Virginia Historical Inventory (VHI)

View Virginia's antebellum architectural culture.

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Sanborn® Fire Insurance Maps for Georgia Towns and Cities, 1884-1922
Map, Atlanta, Ga. 1886, Sheet 11, Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Georgia Towns

More than 540 urban maps of Georgia from between 1884 and 1922, detailing [...] »

University of Missouri-Columbia: Digital Library Collections

A hodge podge of history: England, Missouri, and the greater U.S.

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History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
Presidential Moments: Campaigns

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

Memorial Day: The Poppy Puzzle

Do you know the history of this symbol?

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The Royal We: Princesses of the Past

Daughters of rulers and subjects of history...are these statements on women [...] »

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Huey Long
Stereograph, U.S. Senator Huey Long, c.1933, Keystone View Company

How exactly did U.S. Senator Huey Long intend to end poverty across the U.S [...] »

The Early Conservation Movement
photographic print, Quentin Roosevelt Planting a Tree, c1904, Edward S. Curtis,

The "go-green" movement is rampant in modern America. However, support for [...] »

Panic of 1873
Panic as a Health Officer Cleaning the Streets

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

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National Resources

Federal teaching resources
Students Abroad

If you're lucky enough to be able to arrange an international trip, know [...] »

National Museum of Natural History
Photo, . . . trephining [sic]. . . , 1926, Library of Congress

Don't let "natural history" scare you away! The museum covers anthropology [...] »

Anacostia Community Museum
Photo, "Ms. Yavocka Wilson," March 11, 1997?, Anacostia Community Museum

What is community? What does it do for us, and how does it shape who we are [...] »

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