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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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Listening to Our Ancestors: The Art of Native Life Along the North Pacific Coast
Wood. . . , Nuxalk Sinaaxwmuxw (Headdress), c. 1860, Listening to. . . site

View more than 400 Native American objects selected and presented by the 11 [...] »

Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage

Explore the history of Maryland, from Edgar Allen Poe to the War of 1812. [...] »

Little Cowpuncher: Rural School Newspaper of Southern Arizona
Header, Little Cowpuncher, vol. 2, no. 7, March 1936, Boboquivari School

If you were a pioneer, what would you have to say about your schooling? [...] »

History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
Sand, Sea, and Oil: Operation Desert Storm

It's in the name: "Desert." How did the environment affect the Persian Gulf [...] »

Classroom Glory

Does the movie "Glory" depict historical accuracy or wholesale fiction?

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Veterans Day: Medals and Merit

You know the Purple Heart, but can you identify these honors?

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
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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John Brown's Raid
Painting, John Brown, 1867, Thomas S. Noble, NYPL Digital Gallery

Did Northerners all respond the same way to Brown's infamous raid? [...] »

The Early Conservation Movement
photographic print, Quentin Roosevelt Planting a Tree, c1904, Edward S. Curtis,

The "go-green" movement is rampant in modern America. However, support for [...] »

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Federal Aviation Administration

The FAA regulates air safety and influences the development of civil [...] »

Los Alamos National Laboratory
Photo, Kids watching rockets at the Summer Adventure, LANL site

Follow the development of Weapons of Mass Destruction through the protection [...] »

U.S. Department of Education

Use the resources offered by the Department of Education to help you become [...] »

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Taxation to Revolution
Print, Darley & Felix Octavius Carr, The Stamp Act Denounced, NYPL

It was reasoned that no colonists could fear an act that made them drink [...] »