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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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African American Women
Life story, Elizabeth Johnson Harris, Duke University

Read the memoirs and letters of three 19th-century African American women on [...] »

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series
Image, Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, Minnesota Population Center.

View 22 census data samples and 65 million records from 13 federal censuses [...] »

History Quiz

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Westward Expansion: Image vs. Reality

East or West? See if you can determine which region produced these images on [...] »

Europe Encounters the Western Hemisphere

Can you answer these questions about the "exploration race" that brought [...] »

Food 50 Years Ago

Is your favorite food a recent invention?

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Rise of the Automobile
Photo, Model A Ford in front of antique gas pumps, August 4, 2007, Flickr

Americans today take cars for granted. How did they change American life? [...] »

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 [...] »

Panic of 1873
Panic as a Health Officer Cleaning the Streets

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

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
U.S. Secret Service

How did the Secret Service begin protecting our leaders and solving crimes [...] »

Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, the nation's [...] »

Team Ships

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

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Spain in the American Revolution
Battle of Pensacola

The enemy of my enemy is my friend—what was Spain's role (and motivation) in [...] »