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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Life Interrupted: The Japanese American Experience in WW II Arkansas

What was life like during Japanese American internment?

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International Center of Photography
Ernest C. Withers, Sanitation Workers Assemble in Front of Clayborn Temple for a

The International Center of Photography (ICP) explores the history of [...] »

Godey's Lady's Book
Color Plate, May, 1859, Godey’s Lady’s Book: Samples Collection.

Explore mid-18th century women's culture through three full-text issues of [...] »

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Earth Day: Lost to History

Human history affects more than human beings.

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A-mouldering in the Grave

"John Brown's Body" keeps reappearing. What do you know about the song?

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To the Source!

Where do historians turn for historical evidence?

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Beyond the Textbook

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Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy
Print, For the Sunny South. An Airship. . . , 1913, Library of Congress

The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not [...] »

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 [...] »

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 [...] »

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

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

Architect of the Capitol

What do our buildings tell us about ourselves? Take a spin around this [...] »

Los Alamos National Laboratory
Photo, Kids watching rockets at the Summer Adventure, LANL site

Follow the development of Weapons of Mass Destruction through the protection [...] »

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Iroquois and the Founding Fathers
Iroquois Indians, Montreal, 1891, New York Public Library.

Historians argue over whether the Founding Fathers' knowledge of Native [...] »