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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The Lincoln Institute

Explore Lincoln's presidency; and access related classroom resources, [...] »

Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS), 1861-1960
Photo, ...problem of foreign administrative policy, J. Collier, Apr. 1943, LoC.

Presents digitized selections from the official record of major declassified [...] »

The Great Seattle Fire

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Constitution Day Count

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In Our Own Time: Native American Timekeeping

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Presidential Moments: Inauguration

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Labor and Trade in Colonial America
Photo, Weavers at Colonial Williamsburg, May 29, 2010, animalvegetable, Flickr

Was colonial trade really triangular? What kinds of work did colonists do, [...] »

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 [...] »

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 [...] »

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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Official poster, Veterans Day, 2008, United Staes Department of Veteran Affairs

Learn about the men who fought for American ideals and survived.

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Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Screenshot, "U.S. History Topics," Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

More than 1,600 learning resources from the federal government sorted by [...] »

National Museum of the American Indian

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Photography, Wilson's Teacher's college student, between 1909 and 1940, LOC

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