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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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Website Reviews

Find quality websites & primary sources
Regarding Vietnam: Stories Since the War

A valuable site filled with firsthand discussion on the conduct and effect [...] »

September 11 Digital Archive

Records the user-contributed histories of people affected by the terrorist [...] »

George Catlin and His Indian Gallery

Explore the meeting of the Plains Indians and Anglo Americans through the [...] »

History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
Thanksgiving: Presidential Turkeys

How many turkeys have presidents pardoned?

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Presidential Valentines

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

Who Won the War (of 1812)?

How do textbooks from different countries treat the War of 1812?

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
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. [...] »

Panic of 1873
Panic as a Health Officer Cleaning the Streets

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

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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National Resources

Federal teaching resources
Government Printing Office
Photo, Headlines posted in street. . , 1940, Jack Delano, Flickr Commons

GPO is the Federal Government's resource for preserving and providing access [...] »

Social Security Administration

Explore both the history of the SSA itself and that of the Social Security [...] »

U.S. Department of Education

Use the resources offered by the Department of Education to help you become [...] »

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Freedom and the National Debt
1837 mock bank note

Old Hickory's hard currency—what are useful focal points in Jacksonian-era [...] »