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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Women in America: 1820 to 1842
Print, [Women and a man in a room, United States, 1841], New York Public Library

Peruse this website to explore comments made by Tocqueville, Beaumont, and [...] »

The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project
Image, The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project, 2008, George Washington University.

Primary source documents including 8,000 newspaper columns and lesson plans [...] »

Alabama Maps
Image, Alabama Maps, June 22, 2010, University of Alabama.

How have boundaries changed over time? Compare the maps of yesteryear with [...] »

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United We Stand: Industry and Famous Strikes

Stand up (or sit down) for better working conditions! Test your knowledge of [...] »

Thanksgiving: Presidential Turkeys

How many turkeys have presidents pardoned?

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Memorializing Memorials

How do we relate to national memorials? Photographs can show us how we want [...] »

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Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy
Print, For the Sunny South. An Airship. . . , 1913, Library of Congress

The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not [...] »

Panic of 1873
Panic as a Health Officer Cleaning the Streets

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

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 [...] »

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Students Abroad

If you're lucky enough to be able to arrange an international trip, know [...] »

Central Intelligence Agency
Glass negative, "Belle Boyd," Confederate spy, Between 1855 and 1865, LoC

You've seen spy movies, but what is the real history of U.S. [...] »

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Modern art isn't impossible to understand. Approach it as the product of its [...] »

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Senatorial Division
U.S. Senate in 1850

A Congressional balance of power between North and South on slavery

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