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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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Photo, The Regional Archives in San Francisco, NARA Pacific Region

Delve into more than 85 million records related to U.S. history.

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Colonial Connecticut Records, 1636-1776

Explore the 15-volume Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, from [...] »

Murphy and Bolanz: Block and Addition Books, Dallas County 1880-1920

Explore the layout and businesses of turn-of-the-century Dallas.

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History Quiz

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In Dr. King's Words

People can identify (some of) the words of Martin Luther King Jr. Can you [...] »

Fashion Maven

Do you have your mother's—and her mother's—fashion sense?

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Textbook Twisters: Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis was one of the greatest conflicts between the US [...] »

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20th-century Jewish Immigration
Dry plate negative, approx. 1920-1930, Jewish colonies and settlements, LOC

Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of [...] »

Coal and the Industrial Revolution
Photo, At the close of the day, January 1911, Lewis Hine, Library of Congress

How can the story of coal help students understand the nature of today's [...] »

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 [...] »

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U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency

How did recreational drug use grow into a U.S. drug culture? How did it [...] »

National Museum of African American History and Culture

What does it mean to be an American? Answer this question through the lens [...] »

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
Negative, Victory Corps. . . , Alfred T. Palmer, September-October 1942, LoC

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East St. Louis Massacre

Raising "the terrible weapon of self-defense" during riots in 1917 Illinois [...] »