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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NOVA: Einstein's Big Idea
Photo, Jewish-Palestine Participation. . . , NY World's Fair, NY Public Library

E=mc2. What does it mean? How has it changed society? What was Einstein's [...] »

Women's Studies Database
Illustration, How does my lady's garden grow, New York Public Library

Your starting point for research in the field of Women's Studies.

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Watergate Revisited

The Washington Post looks back at the Watergate scandal in this [...] »

History Quiz

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Voices in the Whirlwind

To each prophet, a certain way of speaking. Match civil rights leaders with [...] »

Voices of Women's Reform

There’s more to it than Seneca Falls.

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We the People . . . Rarely Agree

What does the Constitution mean to you? Match each quote to the historical [...] »

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20th-century Jewish Immigration
Dry plate negative, approx. 1920-1930, Jewish colonies and settlements, LOC

Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of [...] »

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 [...] »

The Tet Offensive
Eddie Adams, Vietcong shooting prisoner cropped

American historians have depicted the Tet Offensive as the turning point for [...] »

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

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

Team Ships

Learn the basic steps to building and commissioning a Navy vessel.

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James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation

Looking for a way to fund graduate education related to teaching the U.S. [...] »

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Historians Defined
Photo, Historian, February 24, 2007, Mr. Ducke, Flickr

What, precisely, makes a historian, and what do they do?

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