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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The African-American Mosaic

Let the Library of Congress introduce you to African-American history from [...] »

Jewish American History on the Web
Daguerreotype, Solomon N. Carvalho, 1850, Incidents of Travel and..., LoC.

An impressive website for the study of Jews and Judaism in the United States [...] »

Democracy in America: Alexis de Tocqueville
Portrait, Alexis de tocqueville.jpg, 1828, Théodore Chassériau, Wikipedia

Visit this website to learn more about the United States during the time of [...] »

History Quiz

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Paradise in a Breakfast Bowl

A morning meditation on flakes: Do your morals and values help you decide [...] »

Dueling Logic

Pistols at noon, or handbags at dawn? Decode the Code of Honor by answering [...] »

The Garden of Infants

Kindergarten came to America in the 19th century on a wave of German [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Slavery
Photo, "An ex-slave," 1897, New York Public Library Digital Gallery

What was it like to be a slave in 19th-century America? Accounts contrast. [...] »

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? [...] »

The Atomic Bomb: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
photographic print, Second atomic bombing of Nagasaki, 1945 August, LOC

Controversial issues are often simplified in textbooks. Discover the facts [...] »

National Resources

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Bureau of Justice Statistics
Graph, "Sentences for those convicted in federal court," BJS

Everyday you read about local crime in the newspaper, but are the rates [...] »

National Museum of American History

See our history come to life within the expansive exhibits and educational [...] »

Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery

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

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Reagan's "Rising Tide"
uncle sam and his budget

Economic policy during the Reagan Administration

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