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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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Digital History 
Multimedia resources for teaching slavery, private life, technology, and [...] »
Daguerreotype Portraits and Views, 1839-1864 
Examples of early photographs preserve the likenesses of cities, famous [...] »
American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920 
Follows the development of popular entertainment forms from the 1870s to the [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
Women at War 
Women have fought in every U.S. war, but only recently have they gained [...] »
By the Numbers: Election Maps 
What can historical election maps tell us? Take a look at the electoral vote [...] »
Lewis Hine: Caption Critique 
Does a caption change the meaning of a photograph?
[...] »Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy 
The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not [...] »
Labor and Trade in Colonial America 
Was colonial trade really triangular? What kinds of work did colonists do, [...] »
Panic of 1873 
Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
Los Alamos National Laboratory 
Follow the development of Weapons of Mass Destruction through the protection [...] »
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
Since its inception, NASA has accomplished many scientific and technological [...] »
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ![Lithograph, [Patent medicine label for unnamed. . . ], 1830-1870, LoC](/sites/default/files/styles/splash_thumb_images/public/Patent432x240.jpg?itok=QLJLh39q "Lithograph, [Patent medicine label for unnamed women's hair tonic which \"restores gray hair ... cures dandruff and prevents baldness], 1830-1870, Library of Congress")
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has images of patents online [...] »
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Old Political Cartoons 
Poking fun and puncturing pomposity—how can you interpret political cartoons [...] »