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Image, PBS Online: Death of the Dream.

Begin your background research on prairie farmhouses with this website.

Death of the Dream: Farmhouses in the Heartland
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Map, A map of the British and French dominions in..., 1755, J. Mitchell, LoC.

Follows Jefferson's life, political participation, and accumulation of scientific geographical knowledge from 1735 to 1804.

Envisaging the West: Thomas Jefferson and the Roots of Lewis and Clark
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These African American civil rights activists affected more than the U.S.

African American History Month: Civil Rights Worldwide
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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.

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Website Reviews

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Library of American Broadcasting Sound Bites
Photo. Jean Weil in ABC studio making international phone call. Flickr

From dog food to automobiles—advertisers on the airwaves.

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Archive of Early American Images
Image, The Archive of Early American Images.

Collects more than 4,000 images from books created in Europe between 1492 [...] »

Tennessee 4 Me

Three years in the making, this project of the Tennessee State Museum [...] »

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History Quiz

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Historical Improbabilities

Truth is stranger than fiction, they say. Can you tell the difference?

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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 [...] »

Memorial Day: The Poppy Puzzle

Do you know the history of this symbol?

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Question textbook narratives
Women's Reform Movement
Print, A downright gabbler, or a goose that deserves to be hissed, 1829

The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments in 1848 reflected the voices of [...] »

Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy
Print, For the Sunny South. An Airship. . . , 1913, Library of Congress

The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not [...] »

Labor and Trade in Colonial America
Photo, Weavers at Colonial Williamsburg, May 29, 2010, animalvegetable, Flickr

Was colonial trade really triangular? What kinds of work did colonists do, [...] »

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National Resources

Federal teaching resources
Supreme Court of the United States

From John Jay to Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court is the final word in law [...] »

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Photo, Barking Frog, Mark A. Musselman, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The government acts for fauna as well as society. When did this start? Why [...] »

U.S. Navy

Who defends our seas, and how do they do it? Explore primary sources and [...] »

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Trade Routes and Emerging Colonial Economies
Print, Fairholt, F. W., 1814-1860, The case of the tobacco-merchants, NYPL

The direct and indirect impacts of various trade routes during the 16th [...] »

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