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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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New York Public Library Digital Gallery
Photograph, Henry Street, Manhattan, Nov. 29 1935, Berenice Abbott, Changing NY.

Presents more than 550,000 images relevant to both U.S. and world history, [...] »

University of Washington Libraries: Moving Image Collection

Northwest educators—need some unconventional primary sources? Check out 65 [...] »

Images of African Americans from the Cook Collection of Photographs
Photo, Children on fence eating watermelon, 4th quarter of the 19th cent., VCU.

What might your life have been like as an African American in Virginia c. [...] »

History Quiz

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Reading Photographs: Snow Day

When was this winter photo taken? See what clues you can spot!

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Women at War

Women have fought in every U.S. war, but only recently have they gained [...] »

Give Me (Nuclear) Shelter

How much do you know about these iconic emblems of Cold War fears?

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
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, [...] »

Panic of 1873
Panic as a Health Officer Cleaning the Streets

Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States [...] »

Huey Long
Stereograph, U.S. Senator Huey Long, c.1933, Keystone View Company

How exactly did U.S. Senator Huey Long intend to end poverty across the U.S [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Modern art isn't impossible to understand. Approach it as the product of its [...] »

Voice of America

Find out how to pronounce tricky names, and listen to official international [...] »

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
Negative, Victory Corps. . . , Alfred T. Palmer, September-October 1942, LoC

Did you know that there is a specific law enforcement agency for firearm [...] »

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The Standardization of American English
Scanned image, Poor Richard: An Almanack for the Year of Christ 1739, Benjamin F

Why is colonial written English so different from the version we use today [...] »