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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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Website Reviews
Find quality websites & primary sources
Territorial Kansas Online 
Primary and secondary sources examine the growing divisions in Kansas and [...] »
Historical Maps Online 
View 400 hundred years of cartography from the Illinois area.
[...] »The Last Days of a President: Films of McKinley, 1901 
Learn about the 1901 assassination of President William McKinley at the Pan- [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
New World Wonders 
How did explorers describe the plants and animals they discovered in America [...] »
Back to the Future . . . 
In the year 1900, what did Americans think the next century would bring?
[...] »Back to School 
Binders, buses, and backpacks—consider the history of these back-to-school [...] »
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 Early Conservation Movement 
The "go-green" movement is rampant in modern America. However, support for [...] »
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
U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency 
How did recreational drug use grow into a U.S. drug culture? How did it [...] »
National Postal Museum 
When going postal is actually a good thing! Explore the Museum's extensive [...] »
Social Security Administration 
Explore both the history of the SSA itself and that of the Social Security [...] »
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The "Cradle" of America? 
Historians often consider Puritan New England a model for the development of [...] »