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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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 [...] »

Harrisburg's Old 8th Ward
Detail, homepage

Visit the businesses and meet the people of Harrisonburg, PA's 8th Ward.

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State of the Union

What can 214 State of the Union addresses tells us about American politics [...] »

History Quiz

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Drafting Music

Both the North and South instituted drafts during the Civil War. Popular [...] »

Lewis Hine: Caption Critique

Does a caption change the meaning of a photograph?

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Alien Invasions

For each pair of animal and plant species, identify the one that is not [...] »

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 [...] »

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 [...] »

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Federal Judicial Center
Photo, Harry Anstead. . . , 2000, Newhall Photography, Flickr Commons

The Federal Judicial Center is the education and research agency for federal [...] »

Social Security Administration

Explore both the history of the SSA itself and that of the Social Security [...] »

U.S. Army
Photo, The 101st Airborne troops move out of Bastogne. . . , 1944, U.S. Army

Increase your knowledge of the people, past, and technology of the United [...] »

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U.S. Naval Power, 1775-1815
Print, Decatur's conflict with Algerine at Tripoli, 1877, Alonzo Chappel, NYPL

Believe it or not, the U.S. wasn't always particularly supportive of [...] »