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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The Story of Virginia

State standards require you to teach VA history? Worry not! This site covers [...] »

Osher Map Library
Map, Beaver vignette, 1698, Nicolas Guerard, Osher Map Library.

History can be revealed through the study of maps, as these exhibits [...] »

WRA Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement

These curious photos created by the War Relocation Authority put a positive [...] »

History Quiz

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Presidents Day: Growing Up to Be President

Even American presidents were babies once!

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Thanksgiving Dinner in 1943

What traditional Thanksgiving foods would have been hard to come by during [...] »

Food 50 Years Ago

Is your favorite food a recent invention?

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
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 [...] »

Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy
Print, For the Sunny South. An Airship. . . , 1913, Library of Congress

The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not [...] »

The Tet Offensive
Eddie Adams, Vietcong shooting prisoner cropped

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

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, the nation's [...] »

Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery

American art makes the interpretive nature of historical knowledge clear. [...] »

U.S. Air Force

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

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Texas and Mexico: Centers for Cultural Collision
Colored lithograph, Poblanas, 1836, Carl Nebel, LOC

In 1821, Anglo settlers migrated to Texas en masse. Discover the profound [...] »