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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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Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting

How does an industrial past shape current work and play? How does it affect [...] »

McKinley Assassination Ink: A Documentary History
Postcard, McKinley Mausoleum. . . , c. 1910, M.S. Courtney, McKinley. . . site

Explore the assassination of President McKinley and the social context [...] »

Museum of the City of San Francisco: The Great 1906 Earthquake and Fire
Painting, Evacuation of San Francisco by Sea, 1906-36, William Alexander Coulter

Learn about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, how it destroyed the [...] »

History Quiz

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Carriages and Wagons

Trade in your old Cabriolet for a new 1876 Landau? Test your knowledge of [...] »

Memorializing Memorials

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

Discovering Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus—a legend without a face? Answer these questions about [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Girls’ Labor and Leisure in the Progressive Era
Photographic Print, Protest against child labor in a labor parade, 1909 May 1, L

The historical impact young girls had on the Progressive Era is often [...] »

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 [...] »

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 [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
Architect of the Capitol

What do our buildings tell us about ourselves? Take a spin around this [...] »

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 [...] »

Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

Design embodies both artistic ingenuity and responses to everyday problems [...] »

Ask a Historian

Breaking the News in 1900
Mr. Tagg grants an interview

Headlines and deadlines. Where was the line between muckraking and [...] »