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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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Communism in Washington State--History and Memory Project
Woodcut, This is the Model City, ca. 1930s, Richard Correll, Communism in WA...

Communist Russia. Communist China. Communist Washington?

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African Americans in the Harmon Foundation Collection

A collection of 20 portraits by African American artists from the Harmon [...] »

Frank Lloyd Wright: Designs for an American Landscape 1922-1932

Check out five design schemes created by Frank Lloyd Wright, but never [...] »

History Quiz

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Charters for Colonies

To legally exist, English colonies needed charters from the monarchy. Answer [...] »

First Impressions: The U.S. and Japan

In 1854, Japan signed a treaty with the U.S. How did the U.S. and Japan see [...] »

America's Love for the Automobile

An Exciting Whiff of Danger or La Belle Dame sans Merci?

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Labor and Trade in Colonial America
Photo, Weavers at Colonial Williamsburg, May 29, 2010, animalvegetable, Flickr

Was colonial trade really triangular? What kinds of work did colonists do, [...] »

The Modern Civil Rights Movement: A River of Purposeful Anger
Dynamics of Idealism- Volunteers for Civil Rights, 1965-1982 432x240

Textbooks are silent about defining race and racism, even though the modern [...] »

The Atomic Bomb: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
photographic print, Second atomic bombing of Nagasaki, 1945 August, LOC

Controversial issues are often simplified in textbooks. Discover the facts [...] »

National Resources

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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Official poster, Veterans Day, 2008, United Staes Department of Veteran Affairs

Learn about the men who fought for American ideals and survived.

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National Museum of American History

See our history come to life within the expansive exhibits and educational [...] »

Social Security Administration

Explore both the history of the SSA itself and that of the Social Security [...] »

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Architectural Homage
Apotheosis of Washington, Capitol Dome, Washington, DC, Library of Congress

American Reproductions and Appropriations of Old World Monumental [...] »