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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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Milwaukee Art Museum Collections
Burke Brise Soleil, Milwaukee Art Museum

Teaching Milwaukee state history, or looking to make a connection between [...] »

Women's History: The 1850 Worcester Convention

Learn about the First National Women's Rights Convention and the greater [...] »

Fly Girls
Image, American Experience: Fly Girls, PBS.

Explore the experiences of World War II's Women Airforce Service Pilots ( [...] »

History Quiz

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Westward Expansion: Image vs. Reality

East or West? See if you can determine which region produced these images on [...] »

Early American Artifacts

What did people living in what is now known as North America leave behind? [...] »

Alien Invasions

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

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Panic of 1873
Panic as a Health Officer Cleaning the Streets

Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States [...] »

The Tet Offensive
Eddie Adams, Vietcong shooting prisoner cropped

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

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
U.S. Postal Service
Photo, City Carrier, 1975, United States Postal Service

Come rain or shine, the mail must go through, bringing information and [...] »

U.S. Army
Photo, The 101st Airborne troops move out of Bastogne. . . , 1944, U.S. Army

Increase your knowledge of the people, past, and technology of the United [...] »

Supreme Court of the United States

From John Jay to Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court is the final word in law [...] »

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How Did "Colonel" Become "Ker-nul"?
Colonels Washington, Mosby, and Lee

The pronunciation devil is in the historical details.

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