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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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Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project 
Explore this archive of over 110 video interviews on Japanese American [...] »
Fifty Years of Coca-Cola Television Advertisements 
Archives 50 Coca-Cola commercials, broadcast outtakes, and experimental [...] »
Map Collections: 1500-2003 
16th-century to present-day maps, focusing on Americana and cartographic [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
As American as Mom… 
You know Mother's Day is all about mom, but do you know the history of the [...] »
Thanksgiving Dinner in 1943 
What traditional Thanksgiving foods would have been hard to come by during [...] »
Veterans Day: Medals and Merit 
You know the Purple Heart, but can you identify these honors?
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Question textbook narratives
John Brown's Raid 
Did Northerners all respond the same way to Brown's infamous raid? [...] »
20th-century Jewish Immigration 
Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of [...] »
Causes of the American Revolution 
What were the causes of the American Revolution? They were more complicated [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
National Postal Museum 
When going postal is actually a good thing! Explore the Museum's extensive [...] »
Supreme Court of the United States 
From John Jay to Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court is the final word in law [...] »
Peace Corps 
Explore world and U.S. history simultaneously through universal development [...] »
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John Adams: Great or Not? 
What does historical "greatness" mean, anyway?
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