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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
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Virginia Historical Society 
View the Virginia Historical Society's extensive collection of materials [...] »
Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale 
Discover the life of pragmatist and education reform advocate John Dewey ( [...] »
Women Working, 1800-1930 
What did women think of their work at home, in the arts, and in business? [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
Spot the President: Presidential Campaign Ads 
Decide whether these statements on the more-than-50-year-old tradition of [...] »
Reading Photographs: Snow Day 
When was this winter photo taken? See what clues you can spot!
[...] »The Many Roots of African American Cooking 
Africa, Europe, and North America—mix, and serve. Explore the foods that [...] »
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 [...] »
Girls’ Labor and Leisure in the Progressive Era 
The historical impact young girls had on the Progressive Era is often [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
Library of Congress 
The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, the nation's [...] »
Los Alamos National Laboratory 
Follow the development of Weapons of Mass Destruction through the protection [...] »
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Historians Defined 
What, precisely, makes a historian, and what do they do?
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