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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Dismuke's Virtual Talking Machine
Graphic, Dismuke's Virtual Talking Machine

Swing to the beats of the early 1900s.

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Oral History Research Center
Photo, "The Kim Sisters at a table in Reno"

What do Vegas showgirls have to say about their time in the city?

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History Cooperative
Photo, Captain Puck van Heel (left) greets the Czechoslovak leader. Flickr

Catch up on the latest scholarly research, and learn and incorporate new [...] »

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Theatre of the People

Through performing art, U.S. minorities assert their identities. Answer [...] »

Dueling Logic

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

Women in Blues (and Jazz)

In the early 20th century, the new music recording industry embraced [...] »

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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. [...] »

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 [...] »

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 [...] »

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Tennessee Valley Authority

Read the act that gave way to the Tennessee Valley Authority, a major New [...] »

Federal Judicial Center
Photo, Harry Anstead. . . , 2000, Newhall Photography, Flickr Commons

The Federal Judicial Center is the education and research agency for federal [...] »

Selective Service System
Lithograph, Don't wait for the draft--Volunteer, 1917, Library of Congress

Did you know that the draft was used in times of peace, as well as war?

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Breaking the Confederate Line at Antietam
Litho., Lincoln and McClellan, Brady National Photographic Art Gallery, 1862.

Hour by hour account of how Union Generals moved on the battlefield at [...] »