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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Zinn Education Project

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Gulf War
Map, initial air attacks, 1993, R. Atkinson, The Untold Story of the Gulf War.

Participants in Operation Desert Storm talk about their experiences in oral [...] »

Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition, History
Illustration, Art recreations, 1860, Boston: J.E. Tilton and Company

What would your life have been like as a housewife in 1850?

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Back to School

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The Royal We: Princesses of the Past

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Saving Daylight

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

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The Modern Civil Rights Movement: A River of Purposeful Anger
Dynamics of Idealism- Volunteers for Civil Rights, 1965-1982 432x240

Textbooks are silent about defining race and racism, even though the modern [...] »

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 [...] »

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Students Abroad

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National Park Service
Screencapture, FDR Memorial, National Park Service homepage

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Government Printing Office
Photo, Headlines posted in street. . , 1940, Jack Delano, Flickr Commons

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Fine Line Between Thief and Entrepreneur

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