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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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San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection

Imagine San Francisco as it would have been as early as 1850.

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Northern Visions of Race, Region, and Reform in the Press

Investigate racial issues during and after the Civil War through letters, [...] »

Accessible Archives
Illustration, Lady's Back Fashions for May 1840., May 1840, Godey's Lady's Book.

Presents articles from 18th- and 19th-century newspapers, magazines, and [...] »

History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
The Big Picture: Match the Ad to the Year

Be it the radio or the television, the slogans related to popular or [...] »

Women's History Month: Picturing Pocahontas

What do you picture when you hear her name?

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Plays You Won't See in the Superbowl

Football has always been a great American sport, but how much do you know [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Denmark Vesey
An official report of the trials of sundry Negroes, 1822

Tried and executed in 1822, along with many other slaves, for a plotted [...] »

John Brown's Raid
Painting, John Brown, 1867, Thomas S. Noble, NYPL Digital Gallery

Did Northerners all respond the same way to Brown's infamous raid? [...] »

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 [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Lithograph, [Patent medicine label for unnamed. . . ], 1830-1870, LoC

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has images of patents online [...] »

Central Intelligence Agency
Glass negative, "Belle Boyd," Confederate spy, Between 1855 and 1865, LoC

You've seen spy movies, but what is the real history of U.S. [...] »

Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Photo, Jason Tully, a CDC laboratorian. . . , ID# 7294, 2004, James Gathany, CDC

For when those historical figures suffered conditions you don't recognize. [...] »

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Friendly Fire
battleship firing

Fratricide and allied questions. In the heat of battle, mistakes happen.

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