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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Seattle Power and Water Supply Collection
Photo, Man standing below generator unit. . . , n.d., University of Washington

Take a gander at Washington state hydroelectric engineering feats of the [...] »

Gettysburg National Military Park: Camp Life
Photo, Domino Set, Gettysburg National Military Park

What did soldiers do between battles? Sometimes, fought off boredom!

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FDIC Historical Studies
Logo. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

What do you know about the 1980s Savings and Loan crisis?

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History Quiz

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Fly Away Jim Crow

Equality requires more than a Proclamation. Try to answer these questions on [...] »

Teaching the 20th

When does the past go from 'recent' to 'history?' Consider these questions [...] »

Past Rebel Lines

Benedict Arnold wasn't the only spy in the American Revolution. Take this [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

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Huey Long
Stereograph, U.S. Senator Huey Long, c.1933, Keystone View Company

How exactly did U.S. Senator Huey Long intend to end poverty across the U.S [...] »

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 [...] »

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 [...] »

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Los Alamos National Laboratory
Photo, Kids watching rockets at the Summer Adventure, LANL site

Follow the development of Weapons of Mass Destruction through the protection [...] »

Voice of America

Find out how to pronounce tricky names, and listen to official international [...] »

Anacostia Community Museum
Photo, "Ms. Yavocka Wilson," March 11, 1997?, Anacostia Community Museum

What is community? What does it do for us, and how does it shape who we are [...] »

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Instigating a Ban on "Spirituous Liquors"
Wood Engraving, The Ohio Whiskey War, 1874, S. B. Morton, LOC

Discover the motivations fueling the 19th-century temperance movement.

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