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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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Find quality websites & primary sources
Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War 
Visualize the Civil War through the photographs selected by Alexander [...] »
Travel, Tourism, and Urban Growth in Greater Miami: A Digital Archive 
Interested in the history of tourism? This site examines the topic within [...] »
Leslie Brock Center for the Study of Colonial Currency, University of Virginia 
Learn about the American colonial economy and currency.
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Test your history knowledge
As American as Mom… 
You know Mother's Day is all about mom, but do you know the history of the [...] »
Naming Colonial History 
Everyone knows what "American Revolution" means. But can you identify these [...] »
Women's History Month: Picturing Pocahontas 
What do you picture when you hear her name?
[...] »Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
The Modern Civil Rights Movement: A River of Purposeful Anger 
Textbooks are silent about defining race and racism, even though the modern [...] »
20th-century Jewish Immigration 
Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of [...] »
Panic of 1873 
Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
Social Security Administration 
Explore both the history of the SSA itself and that of the Social Security [...] »
Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum 
Design embodies both artistic ingenuity and responses to everyday problems [...] »
Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery 
American art makes the interpretive nature of historical knowledge clear. [...] »
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Whites of Their Eyes 
Who said, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?"
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