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Color slide, Photographic Slide from Hartford..., March 22-24, 1939, LoC.

Learn about the New Deal through the Federal Theatre Project, designed to employ actors during the Great Depression.

New Deal Stage: Selections from the Federal Theatre Project, 1935-1939
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Photo, Dressmaking class, 1943, Ansel Adams, Manzanar Relocation Center, Ca.

Ansel Adams's photographs preserve life at the Manzanar War Relocation Center during World War II.

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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Death of the Dream: Farmhouses in the Heartland
Image, PBS Online: Death of the Dream.

Begin your background research on prairie farmhouses with this website.

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Divining America: Religion and the National Culture
Photo, Presbyterian missionary Kate McBeth.., late 19th c., Idaho Hist. Society.

A comprehensive history of religion and major religious events within the [...] »

The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip

Archives audio files of more than 700 folk tunes recorded in the South in [...] »

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Socks to War

Even humble, everyday artifacts have a rich place in history.

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Black Days in the Market

The Stock Market Crash of 1929 opened the curtain on the Great Depression. [...] »

Women's History Month: Picturing Pocahontas

What do you picture when you hear her name?

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Slavery
Photo, "An ex-slave," 1897, New York Public Library Digital Gallery

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

Rise of the Automobile
Photo, Model A Ford in front of antique gas pumps, August 4, 2007, Flickr

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

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 [...] »

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National Resources

Federal teaching resources
Team Ships

Learn the basic steps to building and commissioning a Navy vessel.

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Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

Design embodies both artistic ingenuity and responses to everyday problems [...] »

Selective Service System
Lithograph, Don't wait for the draft--Volunteer, 1917, Library of Congress

Did you know that the draft was used in times of peace, as well as war?

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Statue of Rochambeau in Lafayette Park

Gamester extraordinaire Comte de Rochambeau?

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