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Urban Experience in Chicago: Hull-House and Its Neighborhoods, 1889-1963
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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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Readex Digital Collections 
This site offers a cornucopia of documents spanning four centuries of [...] »
The Yale Map Collection: Online Maps 
What kind of map might you have used as an explorer? An early urbanite?
[...] »Augustana College Library, Digital Projects 
Midwest teacher looking for local history primary sources? Try these nine [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
Historical Improbabilities 
Truth is stranger than fiction, they say. Can you tell the difference?
[...] »The Royal We: Princesses of the Past 
Daughters of rulers and subjects of history...are these statements on women [...] »
Fly Away Jim Crow 
Equality requires more than a Proclamation. Try to answer these questions on [...] »
Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy 
The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not [...] »
Causing the Civil War 
Did King Cotton cause the Civil War? Or should you look further?
[...] »Women's Reform Movement 
The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments in 1848 reflected the voices of [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
Federal Aviation Administration 
The FAA regulates air safety and influences the development of civil [...] »
Indian Health Service 
Disease ravaged colonial-era Native American populations. What health [...] »
U.S. Coast Guard 
Who protects U.S. interests in international and domestic waters?
[...] »Ask a Historian
The Reason Behind the "Stars and Bars" 
Find out how this battle flag came into being.
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