Welcome to History Content
American Slave Narratives
In Website Reviews
America Singing: 19th-century Song Sheets
In Website Reviews
Close Up on Hispanic American Heritage
In Quizly
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.
FIND OUT MORE »
FIND OUT MORE »
Website Reviews
Find quality websites & primary sources
Digital Map Collection 
Need a historic map for any of your lessons? Check out this digital map [...] »
Politics of a Massacre: Discovering Wilmington 1898 
This site contains sources covering and reacting to the deplorable 1898 [...] »
Getting the Message Out! National Political Campaign Materials, 1840-1860 
What were common presidential campaign strategies between 1840 and 1860?
[...] »History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
Columbus Day: Stories of Exploration 
Which tales of daring exploration do you believe?
[...] »Practicing Medicine on the Presidents 
When the presidents' maladies threatened to affect their performance.
[...] »Column A and Column B 
In the 19th century, no one expected Chinese food to take off in the United [...] »
Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
Causes of the American Revolution 
What were the causes of the American Revolution? They were more complicated [...] »
Panic of 1873 
Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States [...] »
Coal and the Industrial Revolution 
How can the story of coal help students understand the nature of today's [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
U.S. Marine Corps 
Why are the Marines known as "America's 911 Force"? Explore this division of [...] »
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum 
Commemorate the lives of the millions of people murdered during the [...] »
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ![Lithograph, [Patent medicine label for unnamed. . . ], 1830-1870, LoC](/sites/default/files/styles/splash_thumb_images/public/Patent432x240.jpg?itok=QLJLh39q "Lithograph, [Patent medicine label for unnamed women's hair tonic which \"restores gray hair ... cures dandruff and prevents baldness], 1830-1870, Library of Congress")
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has images of patents online [...] »
Ask a Historian
"Join or Die" 
Think the "Join or Die" snake first appeared during the American Revolution [...] »