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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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Enduring Outrage: Editorial Cartoons by Herblock

Introduce your students to political cartoons with Herbert Block's bold, [...] »

Wisconsin State Historical Society Online Collections

Wisconsin educators, search the online collections of the oldest American [...] »

Rare Map Collection

Explore maps from throughout America's history, with a special focus on 19th [...] »

History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
The Great Black Hope

These African American athletes drew crowds with their skill and [...] »

Playing History

Board games preserve the past in squares, paper money, and toy tokens. [...] »

Constitution Day

Securing the blessings of liberty for ourselves and for posterity—answer [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
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 Tet Offensive
Eddie Adams, Vietcong shooting prisoner cropped

American historians have depicted the Tet Offensive as the turning point for [...] »

Causing the Civil War
Postcard, Train Load of Cotton for Export, South, 1902-1903, NYPL

Did King Cotton cause the Civil War? Or should you look further?

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National Resources

Federal teaching resources
National Air and Space Museum
Cigarette card, Imaginary A plane, c. 1957-1958, NYPL Digital Gallery

Fly me to the moon became a famous Frank Sinatra line. NASA also made this a [...] »

James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation

Looking for a way to fund graduate education related to teaching the U.S. [...] »

Federal Reserve Board

The economy's on everyone's mind. Take advantage of that fact to teach a bit [...] »

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The Proclamation of 1763
map, Cantonment of the forces in North America 11th. Octr. 1765, LOC Geography a

Discover the history behind this important Proclamation by King George III [...] »