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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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Oral History Digital Collection
Image, Oral History Digital Collection.

In full-text narratives, more than 2,000 people from northeast Ohio discuss [...] »

American Environmental Photographs, 1891-1936

This collection captures natural environments, ecologies, and plant [...] »

Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music

Scanned images of more than 18,000 pieces of sheet music, including covers, [...] »

History Quiz

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Food 50 Years Ago

Is your favorite food a recent invention?

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Textbook Twisters: Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis was one of the greatest conflicts between the US [...] »

Turning Turtle: Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea

The ship's on her beam-ends and all's lost! Test your knowledge of maritime [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
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 [...] »

Panic of 1873
Panic as a Health Officer Cleaning the Streets

Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States [...] »

Slavery
Photo, "An ex-slave," 1897, New York Public Library Digital Gallery

What was it like to be a slave in 19th-century America? Accounts contrast. [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Official poster, Veterans Day, 2008, United Staes Department of Veteran Affairs

Learn about the men who fought for American ideals and survived.

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U.S. Census Bureau

The U.S. Census counts everyone! It creates a current image of the nation [...] »

Federal Judiciary

Can’t tell an affadavit from an acquittal? Learn the legal lingo.

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Quebec City Fire
Detail of lithograph copy of John Murray, View of Quebec City, 1845

Were the great fires of 1845 the result of arson or accident?

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