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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Website Reviews

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Streetscape and Townscape of Metropolitan New York City, 1860-1942

See uncommon photograph subjects for the turn-of-the-century, such as street [...] »

Open Yale Courses
Photo, Professor Frank Snowden, Open Yale Courses

Looking for a little professional development? Miss your college classes? [...] »

America Singing: 19th-century Song Sheets
Song sheet, Let me kiss him for his mother, Charles Magnus, LoC

How did people learn the latest music trends without electronics?

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History Quiz

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Selling the Dream

"Don’t Sell the Steak—Sell the Sizzle!"

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America's Love for the Automobile

An Exciting Whiff of Danger or La Belle Dame sans Merci?

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Saving Daylight

Politicians get hot under the collar when discussing the hottest of topics— [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
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 [...] »

Women's Reform Movement
Print, A downright gabbler, or a goose that deserves to be hissed, 1829

The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments in 1848 reflected the voices of [...] »

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? [...] »

National Resources

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Federal Trade Commission
Woodcut, Igirisujin Yokohama. . . , 1861, Sadahide Utagawa, LoC

Keeping businesses on the straight and narrow. Discover more about the [...] »

Tennessee Valley Authority

Read the act that gave way to the Tennessee Valley Authority, a major New [...] »

Small Business Association

What is the FAR? Looking for copies of small business laws? Well, you have [...] »

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Refugees from the American Revolutionary War
tar and feathers and a loyalty oath

Neighbor against neighbor, brother against brother, father against son.

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