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
Ghost Town Gallery
Photograph, Fruita 1, 1999, Daniel Ter-Nedden, Ghost Town Gallery.

Turn off the lights, and explore the ghost towns of the West.

[...] »
History of the American West, 1860-1920
Photograph, Where gold was first discovered in Colo., 1890, L.C. McClure, Denver

More than 30,000 photographs capture life in Colorado from 1860 to 1920.

[...] »
The Challenge of Democracy: LBJ in the Oval Office: Johnson's Vietnam Anguish

Listen to four telephone conversations recorded by Lyndon B. Johnson related [...] »

History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
As American as Mom…

You know Mother's Day is all about mom, but do you know the history of the [...] »

Dueling Logic

Pistols at noon, or handbags at dawn? Decode the Code of Honor by answering [...] »

Women's History Month: Picturing Pocahontas

What do you picture when you hear her name?

[...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Panic of 1873
Panic as a Health Officer Cleaning the Streets

Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States [...] »

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 [...] »

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? [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
U.S. Census Bureau

The U.S. Census counts everyone! It creates a current image of the nation [...] »

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Service-learning and history don't have to be exclusive. Consider the [...] »

National Portrait Gallery

Allow students to "meet" their favorite historical figures.

[...] »

Ask a Historian

In Pursuit of Freedom
Garrison and Brown sketches,The life and times of Frederick Douglass 1817-1882

Frederick Douglass approached the abolition of slavery from within the [...] »