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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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Penn Museum Online Collections

Exploring the material culture of Native Americans in North and South [...] »

Jo Freeman.com
Photo. The Civil Rights Vigil at the 1964 Democratic Convention

Explore women's political history and activism from the 1960s onward.

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Digital Scriptorium

12 collections provide primary sources on ads, health and medicine, the [...] »

History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
The Art of Migration

What can artistic renderings tell us about the Great Migration?

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Dance, But Not That Way . . .

Do you know how to dance the Sleigh Bell Polka? Learn the proper way to [...] »

Exploration and Innovation

Crossing vast oceans required specialized tools and knowledge. Discover more [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
The Early Conservation Movement
photographic print, Quentin Roosevelt Planting a Tree, c1904, Edward S. Curtis,

The "go-green" movement is rampant in modern America. However, support for [...] »

The Tet Offensive
Eddie Adams, Vietcong shooting prisoner cropped

American historians have depicted the Tet Offensive as the turning point for [...] »

Slavery
Photo, "An ex-slave," 1897, New York Public Library Digital Gallery

What was it like to be a slave in 19th-century America? Accounts contrast. [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

Are you a special education educator? Teach in an inclusive classroom?

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Federal Trade Commission
Woodcut, Igirisujin Yokohama. . . , 1861, Sadahide Utagawa, LoC

Keeping businesses on the straight and narrow. Discover more about the [...] »

Peace Corps

Explore world and U.S. history simultaneously through universal development [...] »

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The U.S. and Egypt in the 1950s
US map of Port Said 1956

Creating political blowback in the Middle East

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