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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The African-American Mosaic

Let the Library of Congress introduce you to African-American history from [...] »

History Cooperative
Photo, Captain Puck van Heel (left) greets the Czechoslovak leader. Flickr

Catch up on the latest scholarly research, and learn and incorporate new [...] »

Nineteenth-Century Texas Law Online: Gammel's The Laws of Texas
Page, The Laws of Texas, 1920-21 [Vol 20], 1921, Hans P. M. Neilsen, UNT.

Delve into Texas law from early colonization through 1897.

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History Quiz

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Teaching the 20th

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

America's Love for the Automobile

An Exciting Whiff of Danger or La Belle Dame sans Merci?

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New World Wonders

How did explorers describe the plants and animals they discovered in America [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
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 [...] »

The Modern Civil Rights Movement: A River of Purposeful Anger
Dynamics of Idealism- Volunteers for Civil Rights, 1965-1982 432x240

Textbooks are silent about defining race and racism, even though the modern [...] »

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 [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
U.S. Senate Historical Office
Lithograph, "The Great Congressional Tramp. . . ," 1882, Mayer, U.S. Senate site

Political cartoons, photos, oral histories, artifacts, essays, and facts. [...] »

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Commemorate the lives of the millions of people murdered during the [...] »

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Modern art isn't impossible to understand. Approach it as the product of its [...] »

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Quoting Economic Policy
Herbert Hoover delivering a speech

Milton Friedman and Herbert Hoover are excellent sources.

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