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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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Website Reviews
Find quality websites & primary sources
Indiana Historical Society Digital Image Collections 
Indiana educators, looking for visual primary sources? Search more than 38, [...] »
Black Mask Magazine 
Analyze popular fiction of the 1920s with these stories from the pulp [...] »
History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web 
Provides links, primary sources, and eight modules for teachers and students [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
Memorial Day: The Poppy Puzzle 
Do you know the history of this symbol?
[...] »We the People . . . Rarely Agree 
What does the Constitution mean to you? Match each quote to the historical [...] »
Presidential Moments: Hail to the Chief Nicknames 
Fond or far-fetched, everyone has one—but as president, nicknames garner the [...] »
Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
John Brown's Raid 
Did Northerners all respond the same way to Brown's infamous raid? [...] »
The Early Conservation Movement 
The "go-green" movement is rampant in modern America. However, support for [...] »
Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy 
The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services 
Are you a special education educator? Teach in an inclusive classroom?
[...] »Bureau of Labor Statistics 
Is your grandfather more likely to be working now than he would have been in [...] »
National Museum of Natural History ![Photo, . . . trephining [sic]. . . , 1926, Library of Congress](/sites/default/files/styles/splash_thumb_images/public/NationalMuseumNH432x240.jpg?itok=rqsMmArM "Photo, The crude method of trephining [sic] with the sharpened edge of a stone practiced by peoples living in Peru some 500 or 600 years ago is revealed by the skulls at the National Museum, 1926, Library of Congress")
Don't let "natural history" scare you away! The museum covers anthropology [...] »
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Tax Rates of the Mid-20th Century 
Is it April 15 already? Discussing the recent past in context.
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