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

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Women Artists of the American West

What have women artists considered worthy of depiction in the U.S. West?

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The Last Days of a President: Films of McKinley, 1901

Learn about the 1901 assassination of President William McKinley at the Pan- [...] »

The Wright Brothers in Photographs

Meet the Wright Brothers and their family through photographs of friends and [...] »

History Quiz

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Practicing Medicine on the Presidents

When the presidents' maladies threatened to affect their performance.

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Presidential Valentines

The politics of love—answer these questions about valentines to and from U.S [...] »

First Ladies' Firsts

What about the other occupants of the White House?

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Causing the Civil War
Postcard, Train Load of Cotton for Export, South, 1902-1903, NYPL

Did King Cotton cause the Civil War? Or should you look further?

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Panic of 1873
Panic as a Health Officer Cleaning the Streets

Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States [...] »

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

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Preserve America

Preserve America is a White House initiative uniting the work of 11 federal [...] »

Federal Highway Administration
Lithograph, Chas. H. Kabrich, c. 1896, Donaldson Litho. Co., LoC

Do you fit today's transportation norms? Do you reside in a suburb or a city [...] »

Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery

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

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A Trail of 4,000 Tears
Painting, The Trail of Tears, Robert Lindneux, Woolaroc Museum

Discover the ramifications of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

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