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Family and their home in Hooverville, Ohio 1937, Library of Congress

Building an edifice of statistics—where can you learn about the real estate market during the Depression?

Home Sales During the Great Depression
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Map of the West Coast of Africa from Sierra Leone to Cape Palmas. LOC

View maps of Liberia acquired during efforts to restore freedmen to Africa.

American Colonization Society Collection: Maps of Liberia, 1830-1870
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Lithograph, Chas. H. Kabrich, c. 1896, Donaldson Litho. Co., LoC

Do you fit today's transportation norms? Do you reside in a suburb or a city?

Federal Highway Administration
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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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A Visual Journey: Photographs by Lisa Law, 1965-1971
Photo. The "Road Hog" bus, El Rito, New Mexico. 1968. Lisa Law

Check out the music scene, communes, and protests of the 1960s.

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Traders: Voices from the Trading Post

Listen as traders talk about their experiences at Native American trading [...] »

Posters: American Style
Serigraph, Nine Inch Nails, 1994, Frank Kozik, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Explore 20th century American poster art, from advertisements to patriotic [...] »

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Monuments to a Dream: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorials

Answer these questions about memorials to the life and ideals of MLK.

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When Whales Lit the World

Up to the 20th century, whalers provided oil for the industrial revolution. [...] »

Who Won the War (of 1812)?

How do textbooks from different countries treat the War of 1812?

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Question textbook narratives
Huey Long
Stereograph, U.S. Senator Huey Long, c.1933, Keystone View Company

How exactly did U.S. Senator Huey Long intend to end poverty across the U.S [...] »

20th-century Jewish Immigration
Dry plate negative, approx. 1920-1930, Jewish colonies and settlements, LOC

Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of [...] »

Coal and the Industrial Revolution
Photo, At the close of the day, January 1911, Lewis Hine, Library of Congress

How can the story of coal help students understand the nature of today's [...] »

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National Institutes of Health
Photo, Dr. Thomas Starzl, 1960-1980, Office of History, NIH

Repository for the history of the federal agency, medical profession, and [...] »

National Postal Museum
Ink on paper, Kodak advertisement, c. 1942, National Postal Museum

When going postal is actually a good thing! Explore the Museum's extensive [...] »

Voice of America

Find out how to pronounce tricky names, and listen to official international [...] »

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Typical in the 1930s
one of the official typical families at the 1939 NY World's Fair

A panel of judges enlisted by the New York World’s Fair Corporation looked [...] »

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