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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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National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places 
Use this website to plan and organize lessons around NPS properties and [...] »
American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920 
Explore the history of American landscape and architectural design from 1850 [...] »
African-Americans--Biography, Autobiography, and History 
Read a selection of the world's greatest speeches by prominent African [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
Paradise in a Breakfast Bowl 
A morning meditation on flakes: Do your morals and values help you decide [...] »
Saving Daylight 
Politicians get hot under the collar when discussing the hottest of topics— [...] »
Close Up on Hispanic American Heritage 
Take a look at these fragments from U.S. history. What are they? Where do [...] »
Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
John Brown's Raid 
Did Northerners all respond the same way to Brown's infamous raid? [...] »
Panic of 1873 
Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States [...] »
Labor and Trade in Colonial America 
Was colonial trade really triangular? What kinds of work did colonists do, [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
Military History 
The U.S. Armed Forces maintain multiple historical offices within each [...] »
Architect of the Capitol 
What do our buildings tell us about ourselves? Take a spin around this [...] »
Team Ships 
Learn the basic steps to building and commissioning a Navy vessel.
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Stonewall Jackson and the Battle of Chancellorsville 
The Confederate battle plan at Chancellorsville was extraordinarily daring [...] »