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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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Before and After the Earthquake and Fire: Early Films of San Francisco
Photo, San Francisco street scene after earthquake of 1906, Matthewson, NYPL

See a turn-of-the-century city, San Francisco, before, during, and after the [...] »

The New Georgia Encyclopedia

Need a comprehensive site on Georgia history? Why, here you go!

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Digital Public Library of America
Homepage, DPLA

Search more than 4,500,000 primary sources from across the country from one [...] »

History Quiz

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The Garden of Infants

Kindergarten came to America in the 19th century on a wave of German [...] »

Presidents Day: Growing Up to Be President

Even American presidents were babies once!

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Riding the Rails

How many cows could a cowcatcher catch, if a cowcatcher could catch cows? [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Panic of 1873
Panic as a Health Officer Cleaning the Streets

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

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 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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Government Printing Office
Photo, Headlines posted in street. . , 1940, Jack Delano, Flickr Commons

GPO is the Federal Government's resource for preserving and providing access [...] »

Tennessee Valley Authority

Read the act that gave way to the Tennessee Valley Authority, a major New [...] »

U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Clerk

A comprehensive current and historical look at this legislative body and its [...] »

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Breaking the News in 1900
Mr. Tagg grants an interview

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