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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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Hannah Arendt Papers
Document. Essays and lectures---"The Impact of Marx,"

Do you read German? Not to worry. Select documents are available in English [...] »

David Rumsey Map Collection
Print, Panorama From Point Sublime, 1882, J. Bien, David Rumsey Historical Maps

More than 15,800 rare historical maps focus on North and South America.

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History Quiz

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Westward Expansion: Image vs. Reality

East or West? See if you can determine which region produced these images on [...] »

Memorial Day: The Poppy Puzzle

Do you know the history of this symbol?

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California or Bust

Who went west when? Answer questions about migration from 1935 to 2000.

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
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 Tet Offensive
Eddie Adams, Vietcong shooting prisoner cropped

American historians have depicted the Tet Offensive as the turning point for [...] »

The Modern Civil Rights Movement: A River of Purposeful Anger
Dynamics of Idealism- Volunteers for Civil Rights, 1965-1982 432x240

Textbooks are silent about defining race and racism, even though the modern [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
National Endowment for the Humanities

Meet the largest governmental funder of humanities programs in the U.S.

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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 [...] »

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Photo, NASA, ESA, and M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)

Since its inception, NASA has accomplished many scientific and technological [...] »

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History of the Occult in America
Detail of spirits from 1917 illustration by Wladyslaw Benda, Library of Congress

Historians studying the hidden spirits of religion in America

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