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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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Website Reviews
Find quality websites & primary sources
Lost Museum 
Recreates the P.T. Barnum Museum as an interactive 3D exhibit and an archive [...] »
California as I Saw It: First-Person Narratives of California, 1849-1900 
40,000 written pages and more than 3,000 illustrations provide accounts of [...] »
Ballyhoo!: Posters as Portraiture 
Think of all the celebrity advertisements you see everyday. Why pick that [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
A Symbol of Friendship 
The cherry trees in Washington, DC were a gift from Japan. What does their [...] »
A-mouldering in the Grave 
"John Brown's Body" keeps reappearing. What do you know about the song?
[...] »Reading a Cartoon: Massive Resistance 
What do the objects in this 1954 editorial cartoon stand for?
[...] »Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy 
The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not [...] »
Coal and the Industrial Revolution 
How can the story of coal help students understand the nature of today's [...] »
Rise of the Automobile 
Americans today take cars for granted. How did they change American life? [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
National Atlas 
Explore maps that enable you to better understand the country that you live [...] »
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services 
Are you a special education educator? Teach in an inclusive classroom?
[...] »National Endowment for the Humanities 
Meet the largest governmental funder of humanities programs in the U.S.
[...] »Ask a Historian
Historians Defined 
What, precisely, makes a historian, and what do they do?
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