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Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar
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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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1939 World's Fair Photograph Collection
[Staunton Military Academy is rated by the War  Department as an honor military

What images does a state choose to describe its way of life to the nation? [...] »

Teach Women's History Project

Provides teaching and reference materials on the women's rights movement of [...] »

Women of Protest: Images from the Records of the National Woman's Party
Photograph, [Inez Milholland Boissevain. . . ], 1913, Harris & Ewing, LoC

See the suffragettes who gave over 50% of U.S. citizens the right to vote. [...] »

History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
First Ladies' Firsts

What about the other occupants of the White House?

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Historical Improbabilities

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

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Columbus Day: Stories of Exploration

Which tales of daring exploration do you believe?

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Causing the Civil War
Postcard, Train Load of Cotton for Export, South, 1902-1903, NYPL

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

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The Atomic Bomb: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
photographic print, Second atomic bombing of Nagasaki, 1945 August, LOC

Controversial issues are often simplified in textbooks. Discover the facts [...] »

The Early Conservation Movement
photographic print, Quentin Roosevelt Planting a Tree, c1904, Edward S. Curtis,

The "go-green" movement is rampant in modern America. However, support for [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Photo, Russ Hopcroft, from the University . . . , 2002, Ian MacDonald, NOAA

Explore the history of science and technology, maritime history, and the [...] »

U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Clerk

A comprehensive current and historical look at this legislative body and its [...] »

National Agricultural Statistics Service

Why did George Washington start gathering national data on agriculture?

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How Did "Colonel" Become "Ker-nul"?
Colonels Washington, Mosby, and Lee

The pronunciation devil is in the historical details.

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