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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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Website Reviews

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Boston Streets: Mapping Directory Data
Title page and street index, Atlas of the city of Boston

Explore the history of Boston, MA, through photographs, maps, and atlas [...] »

Across the Generations: Exploring U.S. History through Family Papers
Detail, homepage

Experience Caucasian, middle-class Northeastern life through the collections [...] »

Eugenics Archive
Poster, Race characters do not die out..., 1920, American Philosophical Society.

Traces the history of the eugenics movement in the United States.

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History Quiz

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Stamping Out Free Speech?

The Stamp Act of 1765 had colonists crying foul. Answer these questions [...] »

Thanksgiving Dinner in 1943

What traditional Thanksgiving foods would have been hard to come by during [...] »

The Art of Migration

What can artistic renderings tell us about the Great Migration?

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Huey Long
Stereograph, U.S. Senator Huey Long, c.1933, Keystone View Company

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

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, [...] »

Girls’ Labor and Leisure in the Progressive Era
Photographic Print, Protest against child labor in a labor parade, 1909 May 1, L

The historical impact young girls had on the Progressive Era is often [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Photo, Barking Frog, Mark A. Musselman, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The government acts for fauna as well as society. When did this start? Why [...] »

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Photo, NASA, ESA, and M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)

Since its inception, NASA has accomplished many scientific and technological [...] »

Architect of the Capitol

What do our buildings tell us about ourselves? Take a spin around this [...] »

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The Era of Reform
Brook Farm, 1845 painting by Josiah Wolcutt, Massachusetts Historical Society

Was the antebellum period the height of reform movements in U.S. history? [...] »