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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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Find quality websites & primary sources
Mount Vernon 
Take a virtual tour of George Washington's famous estate, Mt. Vernon.
[...] »Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Digital Archive 
Explore Brown v. Board of Education through interactive activities and [...] »
Built in America: Historic American Buildings Survey and Engineering 
Government organizations document historic sites in drawings, photographs, [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
Dueling Logic 
Pistols at noon, or handbags at dawn? Decode the Code of Honor by answering [...] »
Theatre of the People 
Through performing art, U.S. minorities assert their identities. Answer [...] »
Turning Turtle: Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea 
The ship's on her beam-ends and all's lost! Test your knowledge of maritime [...] »
Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
The Modern Civil Rights Movement: A River of Purposeful Anger 
Textbooks are silent about defining race and racism, even though the modern [...] »
Coal and the Industrial Revolution 
How can the story of coal help students understand the nature of today's [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
National Museum of Natural History ![Photo, . . . trephining [sic]. . . , 1926, Library of Congress](/sites/default/files/styles/splash_thumb_images/public/NationalMuseumNH432x240.jpg?itok=rqsMmArM "Photo, The crude method of trephining [sic] with the sharpened edge of a stone practiced by peoples living in Peru some 500 or 600 years ago is revealed by the skulls at the National Museum, 1926, Library of Congress")
Don't let "natural history" scare you away! The museum covers anthropology [...] »
Central Intelligence Agency 
You've seen spy movies, but what is the real history of U.S. [...] »
Federal Judicial Center 
The Federal Judicial Center is the education and research agency for federal [...] »
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Russian Ships at Pearl Harbor? 
Playing the game of alternative history—do what-ifs and if-onlys have a [...] »