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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
Digital Librarian: A Librarian's Choice of the Best of the [History] Web 
History grab bag! This gateway site has an eclectic mix of over 1,000 [...] »
AIDS at 20 
New York Times articles from 1981 to 2001 follow the development of [...] »
Sanborn® Fire Insurance Maps for Georgia Towns and Cities, 1884-1922 
More than 540 urban maps of Georgia from between 1884 and 1922, detailing [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
Historical Improbabilities 
Truth is stranger than fiction, they say. Can you tell the difference?
[...] »Early American Artifacts 
What did people living in what is now known as North America leave behind? [...] »
Past Rebel Lines 
Benedict Arnold wasn't the only spy in the American Revolution. Take this [...] »
Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
Labor and Trade in Colonial America 
Was colonial trade really triangular? What kinds of work did colonists do, [...] »
The Modern Civil Rights Movement: A River of Purposeful Anger 
Textbooks are silent about defining race and racism, even though the modern [...] »
Denmark Vesey 
Tried and executed in 1822, along with many other slaves, for a plotted [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
Federal Highway Administration 
Do you fit today's transportation norms? Do you reside in a suburb or a city [...] »
Military History 
The U.S. Armed Forces maintain multiple historical offices within each [...] »
Preserve America 
Preserve America is a White House initiative uniting the work of 11 federal [...] »
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Which Native American Tribes Allied Themselves with the French? 
Historians endeavor to uncover Native American perspectives.
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