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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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Material History of American Religion Project
Photo, Praying at the fair, Oct. 1940, Russell Lee, Material History of..

Learn about American material culture and its relation to the nation's [...] »

Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861-1865

Search this Civil War roster for data on the service of New Jersey soldiers [...] »

Open Parks Network
Open Parks Network Homepage

View over 1 million images from U.S. national parks and historic sites.

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History Quiz

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Charters for Colonies

To legally exist, English colonies needed charters from the monarchy. Answer [...] »

Drafting Music

Both the North and South instituted drafts during the Civil War. Popular [...] »

Presidential Moments: Campaigns

Think the mudslinging in modern campaigns is bad? Campaigns have always been [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

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

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

The Atomic Bomb: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
photographic print, Second atomic bombing of Nagasaki, 1945 August, LOC

Controversial issues are often simplified in textbooks. Discover the facts [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
Federal Highway Administration
Lithograph, Chas. H. Kabrich, c. 1896, Donaldson Litho. Co., LoC

Do you fit today's transportation norms? Do you reside in a suburb or a city [...] »

U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency

How did recreational drug use grow into a U.S. drug culture? How did it [...] »

U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Clerk

A comprehensive current and historical look at this legislative body and its [...] »

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Martha Ballard
Maine birches, 1906, Library of Congress, and text from Midwife's Monitor, 1800

Learning about the life of a midwife in 18th-century Maine through her diary [...] »