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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The Jack London Online Collection

From White Fang to short stories and speeches, read more than 40 [...] »

National Women's History Project
Tintype, Two women fencing, c. 1885, George Eastman House, Flickr Commons

Start your research into Women's history with the National Women's History [...] »

Remembering Herblock

View political cartoons by Herbert Block, father of the term, "McCarthyism [...] »

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New World Wonders

How did explorers describe the plants and animals they discovered in America [...] »

Vaccinations: Rites of Passage

Have you had your shots? Which childhood diseases do these public [...] »

When Whales Lit the World

Up to the 20th century, whalers provided oil for the industrial revolution. [...] »

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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. [...] »

Women's Reform Movement
Print, A downright gabbler, or a goose that deserves to be hissed, 1829

The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments in 1848 reflected the voices of [...] »

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 [...] »

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U.S. Air Force

From pilots to shuttle central command, how does the Air Force fulfill its [...] »

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 Air and Space Museum
Cigarette card, Imaginary A plane, c. 1957-1958, NYPL Digital Gallery

Fly me to the moon became a famous Frank Sinatra line. NASA also made this a [...] »

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Native American Customs of Childbirth
Madonna of the North, Inuit woman with papoose, 1912, Library of Congress

Native American women restricted their activity and took care with their [...] »