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Coal Mining in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
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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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Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research 
An impressive gateway site for all humanities subjects.
[...] »William P. Gottlieb: Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz 
Explore writer-photographer William P. Gottlieb photographs of 1938–1948 [...] »
Archive of Early American Images 
Collects more than 4,000 images from books created in Europe between 1492 [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
In Dr. King's Words 
People can identify (some of) the words of Martin Luther King Jr. Can you [...] »
Reading Photographs: A Dusty Street 
When and where was this photo taken? See what clues you can spot!
[...] »The California Gold Rush 
"Seeing the elephant" in California.
[...] »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 [...] »
The Modern Civil Rights Movement: A River of Purposeful Anger 
Textbooks are silent about defining race and racism, even though the modern [...] »
Panic of 1873 
Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
National Postal Museum 
When going postal is actually a good thing! Explore the Museum's extensive [...] »
National Institutes of Health 
Repository for the history of the federal agency, medical profession, and [...] »
National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Why did George Washington start gathering national data on agriculture?
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Tippecanoe and Walking Canes Too 
A family’s oral history intersects with larger events in U.S. history.
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