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1492: An Ongoing Voyage
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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
Gold Rush! 
Bring yourself up to speed on the Gold Rush, including the minorities [...] »
Legacy Tobacco Documents Library 
Houses more than 40 million pages from more than seven million tobacco [...] »
CIA Electronic Reading Room 
Digitally serves thousands of formerly secret documents in compliance with [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
The Blue and the Grey (and Red and Green and Yellow) 
What do you think Civil War uniforms looked like? They varied more than you [...] »
Theatre of the People 
Through performing art, U.S. minorities assert their identities. Answer [...] »
Earth Day: Lost to History 
Human history affects more than human beings.
[...] »Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
Girls’ Labor and Leisure in the Progressive Era 
The historical impact young girls had on the Progressive Era is often [...] »
Rise of the Automobile 
Americans today take cars for granted. How did they change American life? [...] »
The Early Conservation Movement 
The "go-green" movement is rampant in modern America. However, support for [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 
Learn about the men who fought for American ideals and survived.
[...] »National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Why did George Washington start gathering national data on agriculture?
[...] »U.S. Coast Guard 
Who protects U.S. interests in international and domestic waters?
[...] »Ask a Historian
The New World: A Stage for Cultural Interaction 
Religion and profit were driving motivations behind European colonization. [...] »