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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The Wars for Vietnam: 1945-1975
Photo, Christmas in Vietnam, 1967, Richard William Crothers, Flickr Commons

Visit this website for a comprehensive introduction to the Vietnam War.

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Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century
Graphic. Infant Mortality Rates from 1990

Compare global statistics on topics from infant mortality to literacy.

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Mass Moments
Coast Guard plane landed at Children's beach, 1926

MA educators—explore a historical moment (and accompanying primary source) [...] »

History Quiz

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Baseball in Black and White

Baseball might be America's favorite past time, but it has not always been [...] »

Classroom Glory

Does the movie "Glory" depict historical accuracy or wholesale fiction?

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Thanksgiving Dinner in 1943

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

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
The Early Conservation Movement
photographic print, Quentin Roosevelt Planting a Tree, c1904, Edward S. Curtis,

The "go-green" movement is rampant in modern America. However, support for [...] »

The Tet Offensive
Eddie Adams, Vietcong shooting prisoner cropped

American historians have depicted the Tet Offensive as the turning point for [...] »

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, [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
U.S. Mint

A magician may be able to pull coins out of thin air, but most of us can't [...] »

Federal Judiciary

Can’t tell an affadavit from an acquittal? Learn the legal lingo.

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Federal Highway Administration
Lithograph, Chas. H. Kabrich, c. 1896, Donaldson Litho. Co., LoC

Do you fit today's transportation norms? Do you reside in a suburb or a city [...] »

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Laboring to Bring Forth Child Labor Statistics
watching Labor Day parade 1940

How many children were at work on the eve of World War II? What types of [...] »