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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Discover Diplomacy: Diplomatic Simulations in the Classroom

Classroom simulations give students insight into the real-world skills of [...] »

The Eastman Project: Images of California Life
Photo, Carguero pasando bajo. . . , 2008, José Antonio Galloso, Flickr, cc

View more than 13,200 photographs of California labor and community life [...] »

Early Washington Maps: A Digital Collection
Map, Authorized Birds Eye View of the Alaskan.., 1909, WSU Libraries.

Washington was once part of an area contested for between the U.S. and Great [...] »

History Quiz

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Women in the Lab (and the Field)

Marie Curie and Jane Goodall—you may know these female scientists, but can [...] »

A-mouldering in the Grave

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

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Memorializing Memorials

How do we relate to national memorials? Photographs can show us how we want [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

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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, [...] »

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 [...] »

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 [...] »

National Resources

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U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Commemorate the lives of the millions of people murdered during the [...] »

U.S. Census Bureau

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

Federal Judiciary

Can’t tell an affadavit from an acquittal? Learn the legal lingo.

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Divided Loyalties?
Which one is our star?

How citizenship determines eligibility for the U.S. presidency.

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