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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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New Jersey Public Records and Archives

Familiarize yourself with New Jersey history using images, maps, and [...] »

Chinese in California, 1850-1925

Browse more than 8,000 objects related to Chinese immigrant life in [...] »

Quilt Index
Quilt, Mystical Rose, Barbara Curiel, Quilt Index

Consider broaching local or women's history using a quilt as a gateway [...] »

History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
Give Me (Nuclear) Shelter

How much do you know about these iconic emblems of Cold War fears?

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Exploration and Innovation

Crossing vast oceans required specialized tools and knowledge. Discover more [...] »

Socks to War

Even humble, everyday artifacts have a rich place in history.

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
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 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 [...] »

Labor and Trade in Colonial America
Photo, Weavers at Colonial Williamsburg, May 29, 2010, animalvegetable, Flickr

Was colonial trade really triangular? What kinds of work did colonists do, [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Charts, "Educational Attainment," Bureau of Labor Statistics

Is your grandfather more likely to be working now than he would have been in [...] »

Military History
Photo, The Five of Hearts - Renault. . . , U.S. Army Center of Military History

The U.S. Armed Forces maintain multiple historical offices within each [...] »

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

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

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Trade Routes and Emerging Colonial Economies
Print, Fairholt, F. W., 1814-1860, The case of the tobacco-merchants, NYPL

The direct and indirect impacts of various trade routes during the 16th [...] »