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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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Small-Town America: Images from the Robert Dennis Collection, 1850-1920

More than 12,000 stereoscopic photographs depict life in New York, New [...] »

Cultural Readings: Colonization and Print in the Americas
Engraving, De nieuwe en onbekende Weereld, 1671, J. van Meurs, Cultural Readings

Examine texts about the Americas produced in Europe from the 15th to 19th [...] »

Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
worker at a Tennessee factory

Experience a multimedia website that engages learners and makes Tennessee [...] »

History Quiz

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African American History Month: Civil Rights Worldwide

These African American civil rights activists affected more than the U.S. [...] »

War of Invaders

What do these biased narratives of the French and Indian War tell us?

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Stamping Out Free Speech?

The Stamp Act of 1765 had colonists crying foul. Answer these questions [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Women's Reform Movement
Print, A downright gabbler, or a goose that deserves to be hissed, 1829

The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments in 1848 reflected the voices of [...] »

20th-century Jewish Immigration
Dry plate negative, approx. 1920-1930, Jewish colonies and settlements, LOC

Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of [...] »

Causing the Civil War
Postcard, Train Load of Cotton for Export, South, 1902-1903, NYPL

Did King Cotton cause the Civil War? Or should you look further?

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National Resources

Federal teaching resources
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Photo, Jason Tully, a CDC laboratorian. . . , ID# 7294, 2004, James Gathany, CDC

For when those historical figures suffered conditions you don't recognize. [...] »

Bureau of Justice Statistics
Graph, "Sentences for those convicted in federal court," BJS

Everyday you read about local crime in the newspaper, but are the rates [...] »

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Screenshot, "U.S. History Topics," Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

More than 1,600 learning resources from the federal government sorted by [...] »

Ask a Historian

Deserters in the Civil War
martial law is law on fire

What happened to Civil War deserters after they deserted?

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