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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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Handbook of Texas Online
Corpus Christi de la Isleta mission

This website contains a vast collection of resources on Texas history and [...] »

Medicine and Madison Avenue
Photograph, Nature is Stingy with tooth enamel, 1937, Pepsodent Company, Woman's

Provides more than 600 health-related newspaper and magazine advertisements [...] »

Digital Public Library of America
Homepage, DPLA

Search more than 4,500,000 primary sources from across the country from one [...] »

History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
Airplane Meals

Think you're a post-WWII expert? Test your knowledge with this quiz on the [...] »

American Personalities: Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty

Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty are popular American icons. How much do you know [...] »

By the Numbers: Election Maps

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

Beyond the Textbook

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

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

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. [...] »

Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy
Print, For the Sunny South. An Airship. . . , 1913, Library of Congress

The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
National Archives and Records Administration
Letter, . . . Flag Design Suggestion, 10/1958, Sheryl Byland, NARA

With more than 10 billion items addressing U.S. history, you're bound to [...] »

National Institutes of Health
Photo, Dr. Thomas Starzl, 1960-1980, Office of History, NIH

Repository for the history of the federal agency, medical profession, and [...] »

Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery

American art makes the interpretive nature of historical knowledge clear. [...] »

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Spain in the American Revolution
Battle of Pensacola

The enemy of my enemy is my friend—what was Spain's role (and motivation) in [...] »