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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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American Family Immigration History Center
Photo, Immigrants aboard a ship heading for the.., 1892, The Statue of Liberty..

Records of more than 25 million passengers and crew who passed through Ellis [...] »

CIA and the Vietnam Policy Makers: Three Episodes 1962-1968
Image, CIA: CIA and the Vietnam Policymakers: Three Episodes 1962-1968.

A recently declassified study on the CIA's intelligence assessments [...] »

Diary, Correspondence, and Papers of Robert "King" Carter, 1701-1732
Photograph, R. Carter's signature, The Diary, Correspondence, and.., 1701-1732.

Offers letters and diary entries by Robert "King" Carter (1663–1732), [...] »

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Dueling Logic

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

Baseball in Black and White

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

Beyond the Textbook

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Girls’ Labor and Leisure in the Progressive Era
Photographic Print, Protest against child labor in a labor parade, 1909 May 1, L

The historical impact young girls had on the Progressive Era is often [...] »

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. [...] »

Causes of the American Revolution
Broadside, A card, New York, 1774, LoC, rbpe 10700100

What were the causes of the American Revolution? They were more complicated [...] »

National Resources

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Architect of the Capitol

What do our buildings tell us about ourselves? Take a spin around this [...] »

Bureau of Justice Statistics
Graph, "Sentences for those convicted in federal court," BJS

Everyday you read about local crime in the newspaper, but are the rates [...] »

U.S. Secret Service

How did the Secret Service begin protecting our leaders and solving crimes [...] »

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Divided Allegiance

Being born in the United States was not always a guaranteed path to [...] »