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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Drafting the Documents of Independence

View documents relating to the drafting of the Declaration of Independence [...] »

Stephen Foster's Sketchbook
Sketch, Over the Calm. . . , 1851, Stephen Foster, Stephen Foster's. . . site

Ever wondered what a composer's drafts look like? View Foster's sketchbook [...] »

Student Voices from World War II and the McCarthy Era

Imagine traveling from a university to work on a farm.

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Early Telephone Etiquette

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

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Memorializing Memorials

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Dueling Logic

Pistols at noon, or handbags at dawn? Decode the Code of Honor by answering [...] »

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John Brown's Raid
Painting, John Brown, 1867, Thomas S. Noble, NYPL Digital Gallery

Did Northerners all respond the same way to Brown's infamous raid? [...] »

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 [...] »

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, [...] »

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National Air and Space Museum
Cigarette card, Imaginary A plane, c. 1957-1958, NYPL Digital Gallery

Fly me to the moon became a famous Frank Sinatra line. NASA also made this a [...] »

Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, the nation's [...] »

Peace Corps

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All Wrapped Up in the Flag
weisgerber painting

Flinging the first American flag to the breeze.

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