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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Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition
Map, Slave Trade Map of Equatorial Africa, ca. 1887, Church Missionary Society.

What was said, written, and drawn about slavery? Gain a more complete image [...] »

The Joshua Lederberg Papers

What contributions has bacterial geneticist Joshua Lederberg made to science [...] »

Sullivan Clinton Campaign, 1779-2005
Oil, Joseph Brant. . . , George Romney, 1776, http://cybermuse.gallery.ca

Explore the 1779 Sullivan-Clinton Campaign to destroy the Seneca, Cayuga, [...] »

History Quiz

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Women's History Month: Picturing Pocahontas

What do you picture when you hear her name?

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Naming Colonial History

Everyone knows what "American Revolution" means. But can you identify these [...] »

Textbook Twisters: Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis was one of the greatest conflicts between the US [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

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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 [...] »

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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The Tet Offensive
Eddie Adams, Vietcong shooting prisoner cropped

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

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery

American art makes the interpretive nature of historical knowledge clear. [...] »

Students Abroad

If you're lucky enough to be able to arrange an international trip, know [...] »

Federal Judicial Center
Photo, Harry Anstead. . . , 2000, Newhall Photography, Flickr Commons

The Federal Judicial Center is the education and research agency for federal [...] »

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Robert Gould Shaw

Where does the glory of Robert Shaw and the men of the 54th Massachusetts [...] »