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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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Great Lakes Maritime History Project
Photo, Lake Michigan Sunrise, October 13, 2009, Indy Kethdy, Flickr

Delve into Wisconsin's maritime history. Discover the multiple ways in which [...] »

American Museum of Photography
Photo, Spirit photograph...of John K. Hallowell, c.1901, S.W. Fallis, LoC

View fantastic photography throughout the ages in over 15 exhibits.

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Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials, 1952-2008
Video still, Convention, 1968, L. Garment and others, Nixon Presidential Library

More than 250 television commercials trace campaign issues and the selling [...] »

History Quiz

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Mapping the Past

A map can tell you more than east, west, north, and south.

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The Garden of Infants

Kindergarten came to America in the 19th century on a wave of German [...] »

Airplane Meals

Think you're a post-WWII expert? Test your knowledge with this quiz on the [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Denmark Vesey
An official report of the trials of sundry Negroes, 1822

Tried and executed in 1822, along with many other slaves, for a plotted [...] »

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 [...] »

Panic of 1873
Panic as a Health Officer Cleaning the Streets

Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
U.S. Department of Education

Use the resources offered by the Department of Education to help you become [...] »

Architect of the Capitol

What do our buildings tell us about ourselves? Take a spin around this [...] »

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 [...] »

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Digitized Newspaper Archives

How do you go back and find "the first draft of history"?

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