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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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9/11 Memorial
Rendering, 9/11 Memorial Landscape Architecture, 9/11 Memorial website

What does our choice of memorial design say about the U.S. today?

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Bound for Glory: America in Color, 1939-1943

View color photographs of everyday life during the Great Depression and pre- [...] »

Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection

With over 300,000 pages available for full-text searching, this is one of [...] »

History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
From War to Revolution

Can you answer these questions on figures who took part in the French and [...] »

Plays You Won't See in the Superbowl

Football has always been a great American sport, but how much do you know [...] »

Who Won the War (of 1812)?

How do textbooks from different countries treat the War of 1812?

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
The Modern Civil Rights Movement: A River of Purposeful Anger
Dynamics of Idealism- Volunteers for Civil Rights, 1965-1982 432x240

Textbooks are silent about defining race and racism, even though the modern [...] »

Coal and the Industrial Revolution
Photo, At the close of the day, January 1911, Lewis Hine, Library of Congress

How can the story of coal help students understand the nature of today'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
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 [...] »

U.S. Department of Education

Use the resources offered by the Department of Education to help you become [...] »

U.S. Census Bureau

The U.S. Census counts everyone! It creates a current image of the nation [...] »

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Why Was the Boston Tea Party Not Stopped by British Troops?
Tea Destroyed by Indians, broadside

To some extent, the Boston Tea Party was the result of unintended [...] »