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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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Presidential Recording Program

Offers over 2,500 hours of White House recordings by six American presidents [...] »

Votes for Women: Selections from the NAWSA, 1848-1921

10,000 pages of records on the struggle for votes for women, including [...] »

American Originals Part II
Peary sledge party at the North Pole, April 7, 1909 NARA

Introduce students to 25 documents selected by the National Archives for [...] »

History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
A-mouldering in the Grave

"John Brown's Body" keeps reappearing. What do you know about the song?

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Riding the Rails

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

The Big Picture: Match the Ad to the Year

Be it the radio or the television, the slogans related to popular or [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
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 [...] »

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 [...] »

Causes of the American Revolution
Broadside, A card, New York, 1774, LoC, rbpe 10700100

What were the causes of the American Revolution? They were more complicated [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
U.S. Census Bureau

The U.S. Census counts everyone! It creates a current image of the nation [...] »

National Museum of Natural History
Photo, . . . trephining [sic]. . . , 1926, Library of Congress

Don't let "natural history" scare you away! The museum covers anthropology [...] »

U.S. Air Force

From pilots to shuttle central command, how does the Air Force fulfill its [...] »

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Feminist Art

Explorations of the body, self-reference, and the entanglement of art and [...] »