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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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Website Reviews

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Black Wings: African American Pioneer Aviators

What was life like for the African American pilots of World War II?

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Creating a More Perfect Union: 1861-1865

Interested in teaching about the Civil War from a maritime perspective?

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ABMC War Dead Database

Features over 224,000 records of individuals buried or memorialized in ABMC [...] »

History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
A Culture Productive of Infinite Wretchedness

How did the American colonies get addicted to growing tobacco?

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To the Source!

Where do historians turn for historical evidence?

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History of Hidden Killers: Epidemics in America

Wherever people go, disease is sure to follow. Answer these questions about [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Causes of the American Revolution
Broadside, A card, New York, 1774, LoC, rbpe 10700100

What were the causes of the American Revolution? They were more complicated [...] »

Causing the Civil War
Postcard, Train Load of Cotton for Export, South, 1902-1903, NYPL

Did King Cotton cause the Civil War? Or should you look further?

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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
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Photo, Barking Frog, Mark A. Musselman, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The government acts for fauna as well as society. When did this start? Why [...] »

Social Security Administration

Explore both the history of the SSA itself and that of the Social Security [...] »

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

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

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Kentuckiana

Mountains, coal, jugbands, pottery, quilts, feuds, flags, floods, labor [...] »