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This great site offers full versions of over 200 classic children's books. The collection itself ranges from classics like "Alice in Wonderland," to more obscure tales—such as Charlotte Herr's "How Punky Dunk Helped Old Prince." With its diverse collection of stories, tales, and nursery rhymes, the site is perfect for young readers. FIND OUT MORE »

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Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

Photo, Lewis & Clark Trail Sign, January 3, 2008, g_walter, Flickr

Visit the companion site to the Ken Burns documentary which chronicles the [...] »

Sunday School Books: Shaping the Values of Youth in 19th-Century America

Illustration, Little Red Cloak, 1866, Harriet Burn McKeever, Library of Congress

Provides full-text transcriptions and page images of 1815–1865 Sunday [...] »

CongressLink

Photo, Capitol at Sunset, November 25, 2007, vgm8383, Flickr

Learn about the inner workings of Congress and several major historical topics. [...] »

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We the People . . . Rarely Agree

Photo, "Elizabeth Freeman," 1910, Bain News Service, LoC, Flickr Commons

What does the Constitution mean to you? Match each quote to the historical [...] »

Textbook Twisters: Salem Witch Trials

Lithograph, "The Witch No. 1," February 29, c1892, Joseph E. Baker, LoC

Burn the witch! Discover how historical coverage of the Salem Witch Trials has [...] »

Teaching the 20th

When does the past go from 'recent' to 'history?' Consider these questions [...] »

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Labor and Trade in Colonial America

Photo, Weavers at Colonial Williamsburg, May 29, 2010, animalvegetable, Flickr

Was colonial trade really triangular? What kinds of work did colonists do, and [...] »

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 [...] »

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An official report of the trials of sundry Negroes, 1822

Tried and executed in 1822, along with many other slaves, for a plotted [...] »

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Small Business Association

Lithograph, Wall Street bubbles; - Always the same, 1901, Udo J. Keppler, LoC

What is the FAR? Looking for copies of small business laws? Well, you have come [...] »

National Agricultural Statistics Service

Photo, A papier-mache cow. . . , 1944, Herald Newspaper, Flickr Commons

Why did George Washington start gathering national data on agriculture? [...] »

Military History

Photo, The Five of Hearts - Renault. . . , U.S. Army Center of Military History

The U.S. Armed Forces maintain multiple historical offices within each branch [...] »

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The U.S. and Egypt in the 1950s

US map of Port Said 1956

Creating political blowback in the Middle East [...] »

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