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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Seattle General Strike Project

In 1919, Seattle workers launched the first general strike in U.S. history. [...] »

Thomas Jefferson Papers

What did Thomas Jefferson read?

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Origins of American Animation
Video still, Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse at the circus, 916, Leon Searl, LoC.

A collection of early animated films useful for the study of early American [...] »

History Quiz

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A Culture Productive of Infinite Wretchedness

How did the American colonies get addicted to growing tobacco?

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Plays You Won't See in the Superbowl

Football has always been a great American sport, but how much do you know [...] »

Dueling Logic

Pistols at noon, or handbags at dawn? Decode the Code of Honor by answering [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Causing the Civil War
Postcard, Train Load of Cotton for Export, South, 1902-1903, NYPL

Did King Cotton cause the Civil War? Or should you look further?

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Rise of the Automobile
Photo, Model A Ford in front of antique gas pumps, August 4, 2007, Flickr

Americans today take cars for granted. How did they change American life? [...] »

The Tet Offensive
Eddie Adams, Vietcong shooting prisoner cropped

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

National Resources

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Indian Health Service
Photo, "Baby being weighed by nurse," IHS, 1887-1969, Dept. of Health

Disease ravaged colonial-era Native American populations. What health [...] »

Smithsonian
Negative, Dinsmore, Frances. Of Smithsonian. . . , 1915, Harris & Ewing, LoC

What can 19 museums, nine research centers, and the National Zoo offer your [...] »

National Atlas

Explore maps that enable you to better understand the country that you live [...] »

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Colonial Teenagers
New England Kitchen a Century Ago, 1876, Library of Congress

Young people in their teens were not thought of as a distinct group, but as [...] »