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Lest We Forget: The Triumph Over Slavery
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Selected Civil War Photographs
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Magic, Illusion, and Detection in Turn of the Century America
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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
Photographs from the Chicago Daily News: 1902-1933 
Presents more than 55,000 Chicago Daily News photographs taken in [...] »
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 
Offers 45 mini-monographs on U.S. women's history, each organized around an [...] »
The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip 
Archives audio files of more than 700 folk tunes recorded in the South in [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
Who Won the War (of 1812)? 
How do textbooks from different countries treat the War of 1812?
[...] »Classroom Glory 
Does the movie "Glory" depict historical accuracy or wholesale fiction?
[...] »A Culture Productive of Infinite Wretchedness 
How did the American colonies get addicted to growing tobacco?
[...] »Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
Panic of 1873 
Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States [...] »
Coal and the Industrial Revolution 
How can the story of coal help students understand the nature of today's [...] »
The Modern Civil Rights Movement: A River of Purposeful Anger 
Textbooks are silent about defining race and racism, even though the modern [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services 
Are you a special education educator? Teach in an inclusive classroom?
[...] »U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Clerk 
A comprehensive current and historical look at this legislative body and its [...] »
Federal Judicial Center 
The Federal Judicial Center is the education and research agency for federal [...] »
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Who Invented the Telephone? 
The history of the invention of the telephone is as clear as a Bell . . . or [...] »