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Civics in the First Circuit

Resources for Civics Projects

 

Digital Resources from the Library of Congress

LOC's Digital Resources - contains thousands of maps and photographs in the public domain

Chronicling America - resource for historical newspapers

In Custodia Legis - LOC's Law Library blog covering historical topics and figures

 

Websites for Creating Timelines and Story Maps

Northwestern University's Knight Lab - TimelineJS

TimelineJS is an open-source tool that enables anyone to build visually rich, interactive timelines. Beginners can create a timeline using nothing more than a Google spreadsheet

Knight Lab's Story Map JS 

StoryMapJS is a free tool to help you tell stories on the web that highlight the locations of a series of events. 

 

Federal Judicial Center

History of the Federal Judiciary - Resources that may be particularly useful for court history projects.