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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For European Recovery: The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Marshall Plan
Article, Marshall Sees Europe in Need of Vast New..., June 6 1947, Wash. Post, 1

This website gives a broad introduction to the Marshall Plan and is home to [...] »

American Archive of Public Broadcasting
American Archive of Public Broadcasting

Watch and listen to thousands of public broadcasting programs from across [...] »

Nineteenth-century California Sheet Music
Illustrated cover, A china heart, 1899, Maribel Seymore, CA Sheet Music Project.

Scanned images from more than 2,700 pieces of sheet music provide insight [...] »

History Quiz

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Political Animals

A menagerie of terms for politicians, parties, factions, and movements.

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Naming Colonial History

Everyone knows what "American Revolution" means. But can you identify these [...] »

The Art of Migration

What can artistic renderings tell us about the Great Migration?

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Beyond the Textbook

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20th-century Jewish Immigration
Dry plate negative, approx. 1920-1930, Jewish colonies and settlements, LOC

Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of [...] »

Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy
Print, For the Sunny South. An Airship. . . , 1913, Library of Congress

The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not [...] »

Panic of 1873
Panic as a Health Officer Cleaning the Streets

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

National Resources

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Architect of the Capitol

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

Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, the nation's [...] »

U.S. Navy

Who defends our seas, and how do they do it? Explore primary sources and [...] »

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Spain in the American Revolution
Battle of Pensacola

The enemy of my enemy is my friend—what was Spain's role (and motivation) in [...] »