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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Military Campaign Maps
Map, A general map of the southern British colonies in America..., 1776, LoC

Where exactly were troops stationed in a given battle? Visualize the [...] »

New Perspectives on the West
Photo, Umatilla maiden, c.1910, Edward S. Curtis, Library of Congress

Peruse lesson plans about the West on this companion site to a Ken Burns [...] »

Nineteenth-Century American Children and What They Read

Examines 19th-century children in America: what they read, what was written [...] »

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Baseball in Black and White

Baseball might be America's favorite past time, but it has not always been [...] »

Textbook Twisters: Salem Witch Trials

Burn the witch! Discover how historical coverage of the Salem Witch Trials [...] »

As American as Mom…

You know Mother's Day is all about mom, but do you know the history of the [...] »

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John Brown's Raid
Painting, John Brown, 1867, Thomas S. Noble, NYPL Digital Gallery

Did Northerners all respond the same way to Brown's infamous raid? [...] »

Huey Long
Stereograph, U.S. Senator Huey Long, c.1933, Keystone View Company

How exactly did U.S. Senator Huey Long intend to end poverty across the U.S [...] »

20th-century Jewish Immigration
Dry plate negative, approx. 1920-1930, Jewish colonies and settlements, LOC

Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of [...] »

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Military History
Photo, The Five of Hearts - Renault. . . , U.S. Army Center of Military History

The U.S. Armed Forces maintain multiple historical offices within each [...] »

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Lithograph, [Patent medicine label for unnamed. . . ], 1830-1870, LoC

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has images of patents online [...] »

Social Security Administration

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

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On Gendering the Constitution
The Force of Truth, 19th century allegorical image

The agitation among women’s rights activists over the language of the 14th [...] »