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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Columbia River Basin Ethnic History Archive
Photo, Chinese cobbler in Portland's Chinatown, 1889, Oregon Historical Society

Which ethnic groups have made their homes in the Columbia River Basin?

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Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition
Map, Slave Trade Map of Equatorial Africa, ca. 1887, Church Missionary Society.

What was said, written, and drawn about slavery? Gain a more complete image [...] »

William Gedney Photographs and Writings

See American life through Gedney's eyes and European and Indian life through [...] »

History Quiz

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In Dr. King's Words

People can identify (some of) the words of Martin Luther King Jr. Can you [...] »

By the Numbers: Election Maps

What can historical election maps tell us? Take a look at the electoral vote [...] »

Practicing Medicine on the Presidents

When the presidents' maladies threatened to affect their performance.

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Beyond the Textbook

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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 [...] »

Coal and the Industrial Revolution
Photo, At the close of the day, January 1911, Lewis Hine, Library of Congress

How can the story of coal help students understand the nature of today's [...] »

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. [...] »

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U.S. Department of Education

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

Federal Trade Commission
Woodcut, Igirisujin Yokohama. . . , 1861, Sadahide Utagawa, LoC

Keeping businesses on the straight and narrow. Discover more about the [...] »

Social Security Administration

Explore both the history of the SSA itself and that of the Social Security [...] »

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Tips to Trappers
Tips to Trappers

What do Sears Roebuck, farming, advertising, furs, and rural America have in [...] »