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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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Streetscape and Townscape of Metropolitan New York City, 1860-1942 
See uncommon photograph subjects for the turn-of-the-century, such as street [...] »
Mount Vernon 
Take a virtual tour of George Washington's famous estate, Mt. Vernon.
[...] »The Dramas of Haymarket 
Written in the form of a drama, this website takes visitors through the [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
Selling the Dream 
"Don’t Sell the Steak—Sell the Sizzle!"
[...] »First Ladies' Firsts 
What about the other occupants of the White House?
[...] »Alien Invasions 
For each pair of animal and plant species, identify the one that is not [...] »
Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
The Modern Civil Rights Movement: A River of Purposeful Anger 
Textbooks are silent about defining race and racism, even though the modern [...] »
Rise of the Automobile 
Americans today take cars for granted. How did they change American life? [...] »
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
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum 
Commemorate the lives of the millions of people murdered during the [...] »
Preserve America 
Preserve America is a White House initiative uniting the work of 11 federal [...] »
National Institutes of Health 
Repository for the history of the federal agency, medical profession, and [...] »
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Premonition of Death 
Accounts of Abraham Lincoln's dream of a presidential assassination vary, [...] »