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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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Thomas Jefferson Papers 
The largest collection of original Jefferson documents in the world. Really [...] »
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson 
Learn about race in the Progressive Era through the life of Jack Johnson, [...] »
Seattle Power and Water Supply Collection 
Take a gander at Washington state hydroelectric engineering feats of the [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
We the People . . . Rarely Agree 
What does the Constitution mean to you? Match each quote to the historical [...] »
Advice for Beachgoers 
Long before sunblock, boogie boards, or bikinis...did ladies wear corsets to [...] »
Reading a Cartoon: Massive Resistance 
What do the objects in this 1954 editorial cartoon stand for?
[...] »Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy 
The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not [...] »
20th-century Jewish Immigration 
Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of [...] »
The Modern Civil Rights Movement: A River of Purposeful Anger 
Textbooks are silent about defining race and racism, even though the modern [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
National Museum of the American Indian 
Make sure that your students know not all Native Americans lived in tipis or [...] »
Peace Corps 
Explore world and U.S. history simultaneously through universal development [...] »
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On Gendering the Constitution 
The agitation among women’s rights activists over the language of the 14th [...] »