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Photo, Irene and Vernon Castle, full-length, in dancing position

Introduce yourself to ragtime music and the time which gave birth to it.

Perfessor Bill Edwards Ragtime/Old-time Piano Gallery
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Print, For the Sunny South. An Airship. . . , 1913, Library of Congress

The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not begin and end with Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education.

Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy
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How are Brazil and the U.S. similar? How are they different?

The United States and Brazil: Expanding Frontiers, Comparing Cultures
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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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Women Artists of the American West

What have women artists considered worthy of depiction in the U.S. West?

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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Inaugural Ball, 20 January 1961 Washington, D. C., National Guard Armory

This presidential library presents sources from the 35th President's life [...] »

National Park Service: Links to the Past
Photograph, Sequoia National Park, 1936, National Park Service.

Roughly 200 National Park Service locations preserve locations designated [...] »

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History Quiz

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First Impressions: The U.S. and Japan

In 1854, Japan signed a treaty with the U.S. How did the U.S. and Japan see [...] »

Reading a Cartoon: Massive Resistance

What do the objects in this 1954 editorial cartoon stand for?

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Reading Photographs: A Dusty Street

When and where was this photo taken? See what clues you can spot!

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Question textbook narratives
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, [...] »

John Brown's Raid
Painting, John Brown, 1867, Thomas S. Noble, NYPL Digital Gallery

Did Northerners all respond the same way to Brown's infamous raid? [...] »

Denmark Vesey
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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Federal teaching resources
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Photo, Russ Hopcroft, from the University . . . , 2002, Ian MacDonald, NOAA

Explore the history of science and technology, maritime history, and the [...] »

Tennessee Valley Authority

Read the act that gave way to the Tennessee Valley Authority, a major New [...] »

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Lithograph, [Patent medicine label for unnamed. . . ], 1830-1870, LoC

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has images of patents online [...] »

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Statue of Rochambeau in Lafayette Park

Gamester extraordinaire Comte de Rochambeau?

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