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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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Election Statistics
Photo, I Voted, November 4, 2008, mamamusings, Flickr

How many votes did each nominee receive in federal elections?

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of South Carolina
Abbeville, 1901 February, New York: Sanborn Map & Publishing Co., Ltd.

A collection of maps detailing over 80 South Carolina towns and cities.

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Education by Design: Using Visual Aids
Puzzle, Cat, c.1939-1943, WPA, Broward County Florida Digital Collections

Seek inspiration from classroom visual aids of the past.

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History Quiz

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The Ice Cream Wars

Was there conflict in the past over one of our favorite summer treats?

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Dueling Logic

Pistols at noon, or handbags at dawn? Decode the Code of Honor by answering [...] »

Monuments to a Dream: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorials

Answer these questions about memorials to the life and ideals of MLK.

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Panic of 1873
Panic as a Health Officer Cleaning the Streets

Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States [...] »

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? [...] »

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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 [...] »

National Endowment for the Humanities

Meet the largest governmental funder of humanities programs in the U.S.

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National Museum of the American Indian

Make sure that your students know not all Native Americans lived in tipis or [...] »

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Tennessee's Social Studies Curriculum
Photo, "Salvage. . . ," Howard Liberman, 1942, NY Public Library

Standardization is a fairly new concept in education.

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