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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
Feeding America: The Historic American Cookbook Project
Home Made Candy Recipes By Mrs. Janet McKenzie Hill 1909

75 full-text cookbooks let you or your students prepare the foods from the [...] »

Historic Pittsburgh
Photo, Baseball Batter, c. 1906, Kingsley Association, University of Pittsburgh

Acquaint yourself with Pittsburgh history through full texts, images, maps, [...] »

Freedom's Story: Teaching African American Literature and History
Print, Heroes of the colored race, J. Hoover, c.1881-1183, Library of Congress

Slavery, Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Movement—you have to teach these [...] »

History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
Women at War

Women have fought in every U.S. war, but only recently have they gained [...] »

New World Wonders

How did explorers describe the plants and animals they discovered in America [...] »

American Myths: Popular Music

Each song has a story. What inspired it? When was it made? By whom?

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
John Brown's Raid
Painting, John Brown, 1867, Thomas S. Noble, NYPL Digital Gallery

Did Northerners all respond the same way to Brown's infamous raid? [...] »

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 [...] »

Rise of the Automobile
Photo, Model A Ford in front of antique gas pumps, August 4, 2007, Flickr

Americans today take cars for granted. How did they change American life? [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Charts, "Educational Attainment," Bureau of Labor Statistics

Is your grandfather more likely to be working now than he would have been in [...] »

Voice of America

Find out how to pronounce tricky names, and listen to official international [...] »

U.S. Coast Guard
Art, Auxliarist, Lew Jackson, U.S. Coast Guard

Who protects U.S. interests in international and domestic waters?

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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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