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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Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943

Showcases more than 900 Work Projects Administration (WPA) posters produced [...] »

Rebellion: John Horse and the Black Seminoles
Engraving, A Scene on the Frontiers . . . , 1812, William Charles, LoC

What role did runaway slaves and free African Americans play in the Second [...] »

Bubbles, Panics, and Crashes: A Century of Financial Crises, 1830s-1930s
Business Booms and Depressions since 1775

Do your students think the Great Depression was the only previous slump in [...] »

History Quiz

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Pre-Modern Pop Music

Before "pop" music reigned supreme, jazz and ragtime amassed great public [...] »

Reading Photographs: A Dusty Street

When and where was this photo taken? See what clues you can spot!

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American Personalities: Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty

Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty are popular American icons. How much do you know [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
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 [...] »

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 [...] »

Slavery
Photo, "An ex-slave," 1897, New York Public Library Digital Gallery

What was it like to be a slave in 19th-century America? Accounts contrast. [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
Library of Congress

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

National Portrait Gallery

Allow students to "meet" their favorite historical figures.

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Team Ships

Learn the basic steps to building and commissioning a Navy vessel.

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Quebec City Fire
Detail of lithograph copy of John Murray, View of Quebec City, 1845

Were the great fires of 1845 the result of arson or accident?

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