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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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Virtual Museum and Archive of the SEC and Securities History
Photo, Floor Traders, Early 1920s, Library of Congress

If you want to understand big business, it would be wise to examine the SEC' [...] »

Archival Research Catalog (ARC)
Photo, 4 of the US WASPs.., 1942-1945, Records of the Office of War Information.

Access over than 78,000 digital government resources—from textual records to [...] »

Freedom Trail Foundation
Photo, Follow the Red Line, January 2, 2006, latca, Flickr

Studying the American Revolution? How about walking Boston's Freedom Trail? [...] »

History Quiz

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Mapping the Past

A map can tell you more than east, west, north, and south.

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Early Telephone Etiquette

Should you leave your hat on when you talk on the telephone?

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Alien Invasions

For each pair of animal and plant species, identify the one that is not [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Causes of the American Revolution
Broadside, A card, New York, 1774, LoC, rbpe 10700100

What were the causes of the American Revolution? They were more complicated [...] »

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 [...] »

Girls’ Labor and Leisure in the Progressive Era
Photographic Print, Protest against child labor in a labor parade, 1909 May 1, L

The historical impact young girls had on the Progressive Era is often [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Photo, Kids watching rockets at the Summer Adventure, LANL site

Follow the development of Weapons of Mass Destruction through the protection [...] »

Peace Corps

Explore world and U.S. history simultaneously through universal development [...] »

National Institute for Literacy
Photo, "Artis struisvogel leest krant van oppasser,"1951, Flickr Commons

Do you have struggling readers in your class? Try incorporating literacy [...] »

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The Disaster of Innovation

How the cotton gin revolutionized the use of slaves and the production of [...] »