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1492: An Ongoing Voyage
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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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New Perspectives on the West 
Peruse lesson plans about the West on this companion site to a Ken Burns [...] »
Here is New York 
View photographs taken by everyday people as they came to terms with the 9/ [...] »
Freedmen and Southern Society Project 
Follow the emancipation process through the eyes of its participants.
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Test your history knowledge
Paradise in a Breakfast Bowl 
A morning meditation on flakes: Do your morals and values help you decide [...] »
Airplane Meals 
Think you're a post-WWII expert? Test your knowledge with this quiz on the [...] »
American Myths: Popular Music 
Each song has a story. What inspired it? When was it made? By whom?
[...] »Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
Causes of the American Revolution 
What were the causes of the American Revolution? They were more complicated [...] »
Coal and the Industrial Revolution 
How can the story of coal help students understand the nature of today's [...] »
Labor and Trade in Colonial America 
Was colonial trade really triangular? What kinds of work did colonists do, [...] »
National Resources
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Federal Reserve Board 
The economy's on everyone's mind. Take advantage of that fact to teach a bit [...] »
Military History 
The U.S. Armed Forces maintain multiple historical offices within each [...] »
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Success and Failure in the New World 
Why did some colonies in the New World succeed while others faded away?
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