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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Children in Urban America: A Digital Archive
Negative, Boy with pigeons. . . , 1935, Sam Hood, Flickr Commons

Imagine what it might have been like growing up over 100 years ago.

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Photographs from the Chicago Daily News: 1902-1933

Presents more than 55,000 Chicago Daily News photographs taken in [...] »

Thomas A. Edison Papers

A vast database of Thomas Edison's papers, including correspondence, [...] »

History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
Past Rebel Lines

Benedict Arnold wasn't the only spy in the American Revolution. Take this [...] »

Turning Turtle: Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea

The ship's on her beam-ends and all's lost! Test your knowledge of maritime [...] »

Paradise in a Breakfast Bowl

A morning meditation on flakes: Do your morals and values help you decide [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
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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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

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U.S. Fire Administration
Photo, Angel Island Fire, Behind Alcatraz, October 12, 2008, LeeLeFever, Flickr

Give historical fires perspective through modern statistics.

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Federal Highway Administration
Lithograph, Chas. H. Kabrich, c. 1896, Donaldson Litho. Co., LoC

Do you fit today's transportation norms? Do you reside in a suburb or a city [...] »

Presidents of the United States

The White House offers historic photos and biographies of its past and [...] »

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Deserters in the Civil War
martial law is law on fire

What happened to Civil War deserters after they deserted?

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