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Child Labor in America, 1908-1912: Photographs of Lewis W. Hine
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1939 World's Fair Photograph Collection
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Great Lakes Maritime History Project
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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
SDA: Survey Documentation and Analysis 
Observe statistical trends in U.S. beliefs and demographics from free speech [...] »
CWIHP: Cold War International History Project 
Covering 1945 through the late 1990s, sources from the former Communist bloc [...] »
National Women's History Project 
Start your research into Women's history with the National Women's History [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
Practicing Medicine on the Presidents 
When the presidents' maladies threatened to affect their performance.
[...] »Women at War 
Women have fought in every U.S. war, but only recently have they gained [...] »
Reading a Cartoon: Nast's "Milk Tickets for Babies" 
What do you see in this 1876 cartoon?
[...] »Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
Girls’ Labor and Leisure in the Progressive Era 
The historical impact young girls had on the Progressive Era is often [...] »
The Atomic Bomb: Hiroshima and Nagasaki 
Controversial issues are often simplified in textbooks. Discover the facts [...] »
Panic of 1873 
Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
National Park Service 
Lesson plans, essays, multimedia, activities, and artifacts of U.S. heritage [...] »
National Museum of African Art 
Approach African American history and culture through African art.
[...] »National Portrait Gallery 
Allow students to "meet" their favorite historical figures.
[...] »Ask a Historian
Who Invented the Telephone? 
The history of the invention of the telephone is as clear as a Bell . . . or [...] »