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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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Department of Transportation: Digital Special Collections 
Read up on early 20th-century train and airplane accidents, among other [...] »
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection 
Covering Californian urban history? Search more than 275,000 digitized [...] »
After the Day of Infamy 
Listen to more than 12 hours of oral interviews taken in the first three [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
Back to School 
Binders, buses, and backpacks—consider the history of these back-to-school [...] »
Monuments to a Dream: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorials 
Answer these questions about memorials to the life and ideals of MLK.
[...] »Playing History 
Board games preserve the past in squares, paper money, and toy tokens. [...] »
Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
John Brown's Raid 
Did Northerners all respond the same way to Brown's infamous raid? [...] »
Labor and Trade in Colonial America 
Was colonial trade really triangular? What kinds of work did colonists do, [...] »
Girls’ Labor and Leisure in the Progressive Era 
The historical impact young girls had on the Progressive Era is often [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
Society for History in the Federal Government 
Represents historians across executive, judicial, and congressional [...] »
Team Ships 
Learn the basic steps to building and commissioning a Navy vessel.
[...] »Center for Disease Control and Prevention 
For when those historical figures suffered conditions you don't recognize. [...] »
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Introducing Taxation 
Taxes are a part of our everyday life. But was this always true in the [...] »