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Glass lantern slide, Girl in butterfly or flower costume, 1902, Flickr Commons

What can oral histories tell us about girlhood, adolescence, and more in the United States?

Coming of Age in the Twentieth Century, Stories from Minnesota and Beyond

In Website Reviews

Photograph, John Brown's Fort, 1999, PBS Online.

A variety of resources focused on the life and times of infamous abolitionist John Brown.

John Brown's Holy War

In Website Reviews

Does your textbook make Reconstruction sound simple? Explore the real pain and complexity of Reconstruction with primary sources focusing on the Carolinas.

After Slavery

In Website Reviews

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

Find quality websites & primary sources

Library of Virginia Digital Library Program

Houses more than 1.2 million items on Virginia and life in the South.

California as I Saw It: First-Person Narratives of California, 1849-1900

40,000 written pages and more than 3,000 illustrations provide accounts of [...] »

Annie Oakley could shoot 6 holes in a playing card before it touched ground [...] »

History Quiz

Test your history knowledge

Both the North and South instituted drafts during the Civil War. Popular [...] »

Where do historians turn for historical evidence?

Thanksgiving: Presidential Turkeys

How many turkeys have presidents pardoned?

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives

How exactly did U.S. Senator Huey Long intend to end poverty across the U.S [...] »

Women's Reform Movement

The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments in 1848 reflected the voices of [...] »

Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources

Society for History in the Federal Government

Represents historians across executive, judicial, and congressional [...] »

National Museum of American History

See our history come to life within the expansive exhibits and educational [...] »

National Museum of African Art

Approach African American history and culture through African art.

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Tax Rates of the Mid-20th Century

Is it April 15 already? Discussing the recent past in context.

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