Welcome to History Content

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.

FIND OUT MORE »

Website Reviews

Find quality websites & primary sources
American Transcendentalism Web
Image, the web of American Transcendentalism

Presents texts by and about the major figures of American Transcendentalism [...] »

Kheel Center Labor Photos
Chinese American women sewing in a shop date unknown

More than 1,000 photographs from the history of the International Ladies [...] »

Web de Anza

Check out this site to see "how the West was won."

[...] »

History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
Lewis Hine: Caption Critique

Does a caption change the meaning of a photograph?

[...] »
The Royal We: Princesses of the Past

Daughters of rulers and subjects of history...are these statements on women [...] »

Back to the Future . . .

In the year 1900, what did Americans think the next century would bring?

[...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
The Atomic Bomb: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
photographic print, Second atomic bombing of Nagasaki, 1945 August, LOC

Controversial issues are often simplified in textbooks. Discover the facts [...] »

Women's Reform Movement
Print, A downright gabbler, or a goose that deserves to be hissed, 1829

The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments in 1848 reflected the voices of [...] »

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 [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
National Air and Space Museum
Cigarette card, Imaginary A plane, c. 1957-1958, NYPL Digital Gallery

Fly me to the moon became a famous Frank Sinatra line. NASA also made this a [...] »

National Center for Education Statistics
Marginalia, CHNM

Ever wondered about the numbers behind the latest teaching trends?

[...] »
Students Abroad

If you're lucky enough to be able to arrange an international trip, know [...] »

Ask a Historian

American Indian Women
Kutenai woman 1910

Different kinds of power in different cultures. Perceptions of dignified and [...] »