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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
Find quality websites & primary sources
Scout Report Archives 
An exceptional research resource, this gateway website offers a full-text [...] »
National Geographic Online: The Underground Railroad 
Would you have survived along the Underground Railroad?
[...] »Rebellion: John Horse and the Black Seminoles 
What role did runaway slaves and free African Americans play in the Second [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
America's Love for the Automobile 
An Exciting Whiff of Danger or La Belle Dame sans Merci?
[...] »Early American Artifacts 
What did people living in what is now known as North America leave behind? [...] »
Reading Photographs: A Dusty Street 
When and where was this photo taken? See what clues you can spot!
[...] »Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
Causing the Civil War 
Did King Cotton cause the Civil War? Or should you look further?
[...] »20th-century Jewish Immigration 
Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of [...] »
The Modern Civil Rights Movement: A River of Purposeful Anger 
Textbooks are silent about defining race and racism, even though the modern [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
National Portrait Gallery 
Allow students to "meet" their favorite historical figures.
[...] »U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency 
How did recreational drug use grow into a U.S. drug culture? How did it [...] »
Architect of the Capitol 
What do our buildings tell us about ourselves? Take a spin around this [...] »
Ask a Historian
All Disquiet on the Western Front 
In Flanders fields the poppies blow. . . Why did trench warfare characterize [...] »