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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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Perfessor Bill Edwards Ragtime/Old-time Piano Gallery
Photo, Irene and Vernon Castle, full-length, in dancing position

Introduce yourself to ragtime music and the time which gave birth to it.

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Freedom Trail Foundation
Photo, Follow the Red Line, January 2, 2006, latca, Flickr

Studying the American Revolution? How about walking Boston's Freedom Trail? [...] »

May 4 Collection, Kent State University
Photo, Candlelight Vigil and Walk. Kent State Library

What can we learn from the Kent State Riots?

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The Art of Migration

What can artistic renderings tell us about the Great Migration?

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Presidential Moments: Inauguration

The first day on the new job is difficult for everybody—including U.S. [...] »

Practicing Medicine on the Presidents

When the presidents' maladies threatened to affect their performance.

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
The Tet Offensive
Eddie Adams, Vietcong shooting prisoner cropped

American historians have depicted the Tet Offensive as the turning point for [...] »

The Early Conservation Movement
photographic print, Quentin Roosevelt Planting a Tree, c1904, Edward S. Curtis,

The "go-green" movement is rampant in modern America. However, support for [...] »

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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Peace Corps

Explore world and U.S. history simultaneously through universal development [...] »

Voice of America

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

Architect of the Capitol

What do our buildings tell us about ourselves? Take a spin around this [...] »

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Lone Wolf v Hitchcock

Part of a series of laws that displaced Native Americans from land allotted [...] »