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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
Do History: Martha Ballard's Diary Online 
Explore the diary of midwife Martha Ballard and the creation of two modern [...] »
Archival Research Catalog (ARC) 
Access over than 78,000 digital government resources—from textual records to [...] »
Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia 1876 
Primary sources from Philadelphia's 1876 Centennial Exhibition provide a [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
Food 50 Years Ago 
Is your favorite food a recent invention?
[...] »Back to the Future . . . 
In the year 1900, what did Americans think the next century would bring?
[...] »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 [...] »
Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
The Modern Civil Rights Movement: A River of Purposeful Anger 
Textbooks are silent about defining race and racism, even though the modern [...] »
Girls’ Labor and Leisure in the Progressive Era 
The historical impact young girls had on the Progressive Era is often [...] »
Denmark Vesey 
Tried and executed in 1822, along with many other slaves, for a plotted [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
Federal Judicial Center 
The Federal Judicial Center is the education and research agency for federal [...] »
National Museum of Natural History ![Photo, . . . trephining [sic]. . . , 1926, Library of Congress](/sites/default/files/styles/splash_thumb_images/public/NationalMuseumNH432x240.jpg?itok=rqsMmArM "Photo, The crude method of trephining [sic] with the sharpened edge of a stone practiced by peoples living in Peru some 500 or 600 years ago is revealed by the skulls at the National Museum, 1926, Library of Congress")
Don't let "natural history" scare you away! The museum covers anthropology [...] »
U.S. Marine Corps 
Why are the Marines known as "America's 911 Force"? Explore this division of [...] »
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Reagan's "Rising Tide" 
Economic policy during the Reagan Administration
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