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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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John Brown's Holy War
Photograph, John Brown's Fort, 1999, PBS Online.

A variety of resources focused on the life and times of infamous [...] »

Ulysses S. Grant Digital Archive

Deepen your coverage of the late 19th century with the letters of Ulysses S [...] »

Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers
Alexander Graham Bell, May 26, 2009, Thiophene_Guy, flickr.com

Alexander Graham Bell's work and interests extended far beyond the invention [...] »

History Quiz

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Naming Colonial History

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

Paradise in a Breakfast Bowl

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

Fly Away Jim Crow

Equality requires more than a Proclamation. Try to answer these questions on [...] »

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. [...] »

Denmark Vesey
An official report of the trials of sundry Negroes, 1822

Tried and executed in 1822, along with many other slaves, for a plotted [...] »

Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy
Print, For the Sunny South. An Airship. . . , 1913, Library of Congress

The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Screenshot, "U.S. History Topics," Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

More than 1,600 learning resources from the federal government sorted by [...] »

U.S. Marine Corps

Why are the Marines known as "America's 911 Force"? Explore this division of [...] »

National Center for Education Statistics
Marginalia, CHNM

Ever wondered about the numbers behind the latest teaching trends?

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Roosevelt's Tree Army

The work of the Civilian Conservation Corps in central New York State.

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