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Showcases more than 1,230 images depicting the enslavement of Africans, the Atlantic Slave Trade, and slave life in the New World.

Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record
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Color print, The Spirit of America: Join, 1919, Howard Chandler Christy...

How did World War I effect the lives of the everyday North Carolinian?

North Carolinians and the Great War
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This site showcases over 8,000 images documenting the history and development of South Texas and the border.

South Texas Border, 1900-1920: The Robert Runyon Collection
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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
Pictures of African Americans During World War II

See what life on the homefront and at war was like for African American [...] »

19th Century Advertising, Harper's Weekly
Teresa Bagioli Sickles confession, 1859

Can I interest you in a metallic artificial leg?

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Charles H. Templeton Sheet Music Collection
Cover, Jamestown rag, 1906, Etherington, Templeton Digital Sheet Music Coll.

Looking for World War era, minstrel, or showtune sheet music?

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History Quiz

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The Garden of Infants

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

Reading Photographs: A Dusty Street

When and where was this photo taken? See what clues you can spot!

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In Our Own Time: Native American Timekeeping

Pre-Columbian calendars were very different from the ones we use today. Are [...] »

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
20th-century Jewish Immigration
Dry plate negative, approx. 1920-1930, Jewish colonies and settlements, LOC

Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of [...] »

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 [...] »

Coal and the Industrial Revolution
Photo, At the close of the day, January 1911, Lewis Hine, Library of Congress

How can the story of coal help students understand the nature of today's [...] »

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National Resources

Federal teaching resources
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Photo, NASA, ESA, and M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)

Since its inception, NASA has accomplished many scientific and technological [...] »

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Charts, "Educational Attainment," Bureau of Labor Statistics

Is your grandfather more likely to be working now than he would have been in [...] »

National Atlas

Explore maps that enable you to better understand the country that you live [...] »

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Breaking the Confederate Line at Antietam
Litho., Lincoln and McClellan, Brady National Photographic Art Gallery, 1862.

Hour by hour account of how Union Generals moved on the battlefield at [...] »

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