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Avalon Project at Yale Law School
Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
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the Avalon Project
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Papers of the Presidents
of the United States
from the Avalon Project at Yale Law School
FindLaw:
Supreme Court Opinions: Cases and Codes
American Memory Timeline
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/
timeline/index.html
This site links you to sets of selected primary sources
on a variety of topics in United States History from the vast online collections
of the Library of Congress. This resource was developed to help teachers
and students use the vast online collections of the Library of Congress.
The links to the right will lead you to sets of selected primary sources
on a variety of topics in United States History. The sets are arranged
by chronological period.
Famous Trials
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects
/Ftrials/ftrials.htm
This site is a project of the faculty of the Missouri-Kansas
City Law School that has summaries and graphics from 18 famous trials
(mostly American), including Scopes "Monkey" Trial, Rosenberg Trial, Salem
Witchcraft Trials, and Nuremberg Trials. There are also links to more
famous American and world trials.
The History Place
http://www.historyplace.com/index.html
This site provides information on American History including
the American Revolution, the Civil War, the Vietnam War, and the Presidents,
Nazi Germany and world War II, and genocide in the 20th century.
Sparknotes.com
History
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Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/Holocaust/default.htm
An overview of the people and events of the Holocaust
through photographs, documents, art, music, movies, and literature.
We Shall Overcome:
Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/
Organized by places and locations of import during the
Civil Rights Movement, this site highlights more than 25 towns in 19 states
where students can explore issues and struggles of the Movement. The content
is based on information in the files of the National Register of Historic
Places and National Historic Landmark collections.
The Whitehouse
http://www.whitehouse.gov
This site is the official web site for the White House,
home of the American President. Click here to view information about the
history of the White House, the first family, tours of the Whitehouse
and much more.
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