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Business Booms and Depressions since 1775

Do your students think the Great Depression was the only previous slump in the U.S. economy?

Bubbles, Panics, and Crashes: A Century of Financial Crises, 1830s-1930s

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Explore the history and development of a small town. The online scrapbook provides an uncanny lens into town life.

Worthington Memory, Online Scrapbook

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Detail of Joseph Louis Cook, Death of General Montgomery, John Trumbull, 1786

African Americans and Native Americans have had a long and complex relationship, often characterized by their similar exclusion from the fruits of freedom envisioned during the American Revolution.

African and Native Americans in Colonial and Revolutionary Times

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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

Find quality websites & primary sources

Historical Map and Chart Collection

Teaching exploration? Why not introduce your students to nautical charts? [...] »

Kate and Sue McBeth, Missionary Teachers to the Nez Perce

Presents the letters and diaries of Kate and Sue McBeth, late 19th-century [...] »

Feeding America: The Historic American Cookbook Project

75 full-text cookbooks let you or your students prepare the foods from the [...] »

History Quiz

Test your history knowledge

Stamping Out Free Speech?

The Stamp Act of 1765 had colonists crying foul. Answer these questions [...] »

Voices in the Whirlwind

To each prophet, a certain way of speaking. Match civil rights leaders with [...] »

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

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

Rise of the Automobile

Americans today take cars for granted. How did they change American life? [...] »

Causing the Civil War

Did King Cotton cause the Civil War? Or should you look further?

National Resources

Federal teaching resources

National Museum of American History

See our history come to life within the expansive exhibits and educational [...] »

Federal Reserve Board

The economy's on everyone's mind. Take advantage of that fact to teach a bit [...] »

Federal Emergency Management Agency

When the weather's not on our side, FEMA's there to lend a hand.

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New England Puritans

Trying to build a New Jerusalem on the coast of Massachusetts.

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