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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Brown v. Board of Education
Photo, G. Roberts, sitting in integrated... Sept 4, 1957, J. Dumbell, Charlotte

Examine segregation and desegregation through summaries and the court's [...] »

History News Network
Photograph, Woodstock, 1969, LIFE Classic: Woodstock: LIFE's Best Photos.

Nowhere is history more present than in current events. HNN examines history [...] »

The Story of Virginia

State standards require you to teach VA history? Worry not! This site covers [...] »

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America's Love for the Automobile

An Exciting Whiff of Danger or La Belle Dame sans Merci?

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First Impressions: The U.S. and Japan

In 1854, Japan signed a treaty with the U.S. How did the U.S. and Japan see [...] »

Baseball in Black and White

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

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Women's Reform Movement
Print, A downright gabbler, or a goose that deserves to be hissed, 1829

The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments in 1848 reflected the voices of [...] »

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 [...] »

Denmark Vesey
An official report of the trials of sundry Negroes, 1822

Tried and executed in 1822, along with many other slaves, for a plotted [...] »

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Federal Judiciary

Can’t tell an affadavit from an acquittal? Learn the legal lingo.

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National Air and Space Museum
Cigarette card, Imaginary A plane, c. 1957-1958, NYPL Digital Gallery

Fly me to the moon became a famous Frank Sinatra line. NASA also made this a [...] »

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Photo, Barking Frog, Mark A. Musselman, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The government acts for fauna as well as society. When did this start? Why [...] »

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Success and Failure in the New World
engraving, Croatoan, uploaded 14 May 2010, Flickr CC

Why did some colonies in the New World succeed while others faded away?

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