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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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Hagley Digital Archives
Illustration, Official Yearbook of Miss America, 1955, page 2, Sept. 1955.

Focused on business history, this gateway site connects businesses to [...] »

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

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

Women's Studies Database
Illustration, How does my lady's garden grow, New York Public Library

Your starting point for research in the field of Women's Studies.

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History Quiz

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War of Invaders

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

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Reading Photographs: MacArthur and Hirohito

How would you have planned this photograph if you were General MacArthur? [...] »

Teaching the 20th

When does the past go from 'recent' to 'history?' Consider these questions [...] »

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Beyond the Textbook

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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 Early Conservation Movement
photographic print, Quentin Roosevelt Planting a Tree, c1904, Edward S. Curtis,

The "go-green" movement is rampant in modern America. However, support for [...] »

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 [...] »

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National Resources

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National Museum of the American Indian

Make sure that your students know not all Native Americans lived in tipis or [...] »

Preserve America

Preserve America is a White House initiative uniting the work of 11 federal [...] »

Peace Corps

Explore world and U.S. history simultaneously through universal development [...] »

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Black Confederates

Most African Americans (free or slaves) never joined the ranks of the [...] »

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